Below is yesterday’s “poem for the day” from Garrison Keillor’s “Writer’s Almanac.” There’s a lot to like here, but one thing that I want to comment on is “Don’t think that progress exists. It doesn’t.” Well, that’s a downer, and …
Tag: the civil rights movement
Is Civilization Making Progress?
Tagged with: and the U.S. Constitution, authoritarian governments popping up all around the globe, Magna Carta, rise of tribalism, the abolition of slavery, the Age of Reason, the civil rights movement, The Enlightenment, the French Revolution, the Geneva Convention, the Renaissance, the United Nations, women's suffrage
