{"id":30088,"date":"2025-06-30T17:41:08","date_gmt":"2025-06-30T17:41:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/?p=30088"},"modified":"2025-06-30T18:11:19","modified_gmt":"2025-06-30T18:11:19","slug":"summer-reading-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/?p=30088","title":{"rendered":"Summer Reading"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Court Painter looks back to what was on the reading list for those hazy lazy days of summer 2017.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

original post August 6\/2017<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Court Painter modestly suggests the best 2025 summer reading at this time for America may be a re-read of :<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Written in 1940<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A wartime manifesto on the moral obligations of democratic citizens from the most influential first lady in American history.<\/strong>

With the threat of the Third Reich looming, Eleanor Roosevelt employs the history of human rights to establish the idea that at the core of democracy is a spiritual responsibility to other citizens. Roosevelt then calls on all Americans, especially the youth, to prioritize the well-being of others and have faith that their fellow citizens will protect them in return. She defines this trust between people as a trait of true democracy.
 
Roosevelt advances an optimistic model for the democracy of the future, and although we\u2019ve taken some steps in the direction of her vision, it\u2019s still a long way from reality. The issues first addressed in this 1940 essay\u2014namely financial inequality and racial discrimination\u2014are sadly still relevant today, as bigotry continues to undermine our national unity.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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