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A Citizen's Syllabus

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A Citizen's Syllabus

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February 20, 2020

Yes, we can! We absolutely can!

February 20, 2020/ Andy Zehner
Yes, we can! We absolutely can!

Every nation has a right to abolish an old government and establish a new one.

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James Madison, Declaration of Independence, Thomas Jefferson
February 04, 2020

Is the Constitution working?

February 04, 2020/ Andy Zehner
Is the Constitution working?

What about the Constitution? What is it for? How do we know it is working? I think the best way to answer this question is to look at the purposes stated in the preamble.

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February 04, 2020/ Andy Zehner/
February 01, 2020

You Should Be Furious....

February 01, 2020/ Andy Zehner
You Should Be Furious....

How out of control is the issue?

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February 01, 2020/ Andy Zehner/
January 25, 2020

What if it doesn't matter?

January 25, 2020/ Andy Zehner
What if it doesn't matter?

If America were in a tribal state, no one would be guided by values or principles. They would say whatever benefited their side of any argument.

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January 25, 2020/ Andy Zehner/
January 17, 2020

The Khizr Khan Craziness

January 17, 2020/ Andy Zehner
The Khizr Khan Craziness

Waving a pocket copy of the Constitution in the air like it was a magic token is weird. It doesn’t matter so much if the words “domestic tranquility” are written down somewhere. What matters is whether domestic tranquility actually exists on the streets across the country.

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January 17, 2020/ Andy Zehner/
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Constitution, constitution, Democrats, muslim, patriotic, preamble, Khizr Khan
January 10, 2020

Enlightenment Political Thought

January 10, 2020/ Andy Zehner
Enlightenment Political Thought

The aim of all political association is the preservation of the natural and imprescriptible rights of man. These rights are liberty, property, security, and resistance to oppression.

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Theory
January 06, 2020

The regrettable 2nd Amendment

January 06, 2020/ Andy Zehner
The regrettable 2nd Amendment

The notion that the Constitution provides Americans with a solid basis or foundation of law just isn’t supported in this matter.

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January 06, 2020/ Andy Zehner/
January 03, 2020

Make America Great Again

January 03, 2020/ Andy Zehner
Make America Great Again

It is possible that the slogan, which I’m devoting 1,000 words to the defense of, is simply the worst kind of dog whistle for hate and bigotry.

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January 03, 2020/ Andy Zehner/
January 01, 2020

Sources

January 01, 2020/ Andy Zehner
Sources

Bibliography of books and major articles cited in A Citizen’s Syllabus, and/or books that are worth reading.

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January 01, 2020/ Andy Zehner/
Government, Epistemology, Citizen, Theory
December 14, 2019

The Congenial Iconoclast!

December 14, 2019/ Andy Zehner
The Congenial Iconoclast!

The rightness or wrongness of an idea is independent of who supports it. The Earth orbited the Sun even before Copernicus said it did.

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A Citizen's Syllabus

“A truly robust civic education must encompass the full suite of aptitudes necessary for good citizenship. These include a grasp of the history and theory of democracy . . . and critical reasoning skills that help to distinguish true information from false. Other vital elements in good citizenship: a commitment to values such as tolerance and equality that provide standards against which to hold policymakers and policies to account, and a disposition directed toward cooperation and action.”

Johns Hopkins University President Ronald Daniels


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