“I almost became a political journalist, having worked as a reporter at the time of Watergate. The proximity to those events motivated me, when I wound up doing philosophy, to try to use it to move the public debate.” TryingPhilosophyUseMovingPoliticalEventsWoundsDebateJournalistMotivatedReportersProximityWatergate Author:Michael Sandel
“As Elders, we are fully committed to the principle that all human beings are of equal worth. You will see that we highlight equality for girls and women - not just women's rights. That is important as girls, especially adolescent girls, have been almost invisible in debates on equal rights. Yet it is in adolescence that events can have a huge effect on a girl's life.” HumansHas BeensImportantGirlHuman BeingsPrinciplesRightsEffectsEventsHugeEqualCommittedDebateInvisibleWomens RightsAdolescenceEldersEqual RightsHighlights Author:Mary Robinson
“We have a choice. We can shape our future, or let events shape it for us. And if we want to succeed, we can't fall back on the stale debates and old divides that won't move us forward.” IfsWantMovingChoicesFallPowerfulEventsShapesSucceedDebateDividesOur FutureFall BackStale Author:Barack Obama
“Why did John Wilkes Booth do it? In My Thoughts Be Bloody young historian Nora Titone is one of the few to have genuinely explored this question. In doing so, she has crafted a fascinating psychological drama about one of the central events of the Civil War: the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. This book promises to stimulate lively historical debate, and will be a treat for every Civil War buff who always pondered that haunting question, “what made him pull that trigger?” Bravo on a marvelous achievement.” MadeBookWarYoungEventsPromiseDramaAchievementTreatsHistoricalDebatePsychologicalCivil WarFascinatingHistorianBloodyMarvelousMy ThoughtsHauntingTriggersAbrahamLivelyAssassinationBravoJohn Wilkes Booth Author:Jay Winik
“I don't get debate agains guns at all. Because we have it after every mass shooting. And now a terror attack. And the proposals that are talked about almost always have nothing to do with this specific event.” EventsMassGunTerrorDebateShootingProposalMass ShootingsTerror Attacks Author:Chuck Todd