tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14760407.post510099553182725676..comments2023-05-15T08:35:06.642-04:00Comments on it's a blog.: Summer ReadingLaurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01926184833095262275noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14760407.post-29212244696808964852007-07-05T11:02:00.000-04:002007-07-05T11:02:00.000-04:00The four formative and foundational documents of t...The four formative and foundational documents of the USA are:<BR/><BR/>1. The Declaration of Independence, July 4, 1776; <BR/>2. The Northwest Ordinances, March 23, 1784, May 20,1785, & July 13, 1787;<BR/>3. The Constitution, June 21, 1788; and <BR/>4. The Bill of Rights, December 15, 1791.<BR/><BR/>Have you read them?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14760407.post-6193468406868092172007-07-05T10:34:00.000-04:002007-07-05T10:34:00.000-04:00Yeah, I really do need to finish entering my books...Yeah, I really do need to finish entering my books in LibraryThing. I'm loath to bring my laptop home from work, but I'll never get all my books cataloged (I know that's the right spelling, but it looks wrong) if I don't.Laurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01926184833095262275noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14760407.post-20174460837974884862007-07-04T18:52:00.000-04:002007-07-04T18:52:00.000-04:00Hey Laura --First, regarding the four formational ...Hey Laura --<BR/><BR/>First, regarding the four formational documents, my guess for number three would be the Bill of Rights. But, I suppose that depends upon whether one counts the Bill of Rights as a separate document or as part of the Constitution. <BR/><BR/>Second, it's good to have you on LibraryThing. If you really want to get addicted, you might also check out the Chain Reading site (www.chainreading.com) and goodreads (www.goodreads.com). These two sites are less oriented toward maintaining a library catalog and more focused on maintaining reading lists. (goodreads, however, is a bit of both.) Also, my LibraryThing profile lists of 2,700 people as having a copy of <I>Things Fall Apart</I>. I took a look at your catalog, and I wonder if you accidently hit the Monarch Notes version of TFA, rather than the novel itself.<BR/><BR/>Hope all is well. Howdy and happy fourth to both you and your dad.<BR/><BR/>gadgadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16740169728180315699noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14760407.post-55486497492778922882007-07-04T15:50:00.000-04:002007-07-04T15:50:00.000-04:00Hmmm... 1. Declaration of Independence2. Constitut...Hmmm... <BR/><BR/>1. Declaration of Independence<BR/>2. Constitution<BR/>3. I don't know... I sort of want to say a treaty of some kind.<BR/><BR/>The word "intransigent" is totally great.Laurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01926184833095262275noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14760407.post-39174764106206139222007-07-03T19:13:00.000-04:002007-07-03T19:13:00.000-04:00Yes. I agree: whoever does not understand the De...Yes. I agree: whoever does not understand the Depression (AND the war that followed it!), does not understand America. Which, of course, obviates the predicament in which our culture finds itself: completely, indeed obsessively aware of the latest trends discussed on MSN.com and Yahoo.com, but abysmally, indeed intransigently ignorant of the formative history and defining documents of the culture itself. (Ask the average 22-year-old pursuing an MBA to describe the importance of the "Northwest Ordinances," or even when they were written, and chances are you will get a puzzled look at best, despite the fact that this piece was one of four formative documents of the USA. BTW, can you name the other three -- without looking them up somewhere on line?)<BR/>We cannot hope to address the future if we are not in touch with the circuitous journey by which we got here, both the blessings and the sins of our fathers. Perhaps the greatest indicator that someone has acquired the ability to think is their capacity to evaluate the past with reference to the future, and see themselves as someone who lives at the cusp. It seems to me to be the beginning of one's sense of eternity, and therefore, accountability.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com