tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4008006782907969381.post4859814249680087703..comments2024-01-01T01:47:59.449+02:00Comments on Yaacov Lozowick's Ruminations: On Jeffrey Goldberg on Barack ObamaYaacovhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12835192312242961481noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4008006782907969381.post-78074841907885596592016-03-17T08:19:36.987+02:002016-03-17T08:19:36.987+02:00After reading your piece, Yaacov, I happened to be...After reading your piece, Yaacov, I happened to be listening to episodes of Aspen Ideas podcast, and <a href="http://www.aspenideas.org/blog/podcast-what-every-american-should-know" rel="nofollow">this started playing</a>.<br /><br />Apparently, in 1987, E.D. Hirsh wrote a book called "Cultural Literacy", subsequently updated in 1993 and 2002, with a list of all cultural references he felt constituted a basis for American cultural life.<br /><br />Here's an article <a href="http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2015/07/what-every-american-should-know/397334/" rel="nofollow">in the Atlantic</a> about the book and implication for culture wars in America.Avigdorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05008730229882004376noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4008006782907969381.post-60703703609819526662016-03-16T09:17:10.020+02:002016-03-16T09:17:10.020+02:00I skimmed the Goldberg article and was also struck...I skimmed the Goldberg article and was also struck by the preference for popular culture references over more classical ones. It was put to me that perhaps this makes the article accessible/readable for a wider audience - do you buy into this?miltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12179929136659788657noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4008006782907969381.post-44512225313401920702016-03-14T02:05:12.171+02:002016-03-14T02:05:12.171+02:00Here's some interesting background on Robert F...Here's some interesting background on Robert F. Kennedy's engagement with Classical Greek writers, which came about in the depths of his grief over his brother's assassination:<br /><br />http://www.nytimes.com/2006/11/26/opinion/26brooks.html?_r=0<br /><br /><br />Derick Schillingnoreply@blogger.com