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By Saswat Pattanayak
"Politics hates a vacuum. If it isn't filled with hope, someone will fill it with fear." (Naomi Klein)
Fear-based politics reaches disproportionate heights when coupled with nationalistic frenzies. As a first sign of fascism, it assumes a normalized state, masquerading as an agency to dispel fear itself. To rejuvenate the political climate with a fresh lease by resorting to masculine rhetorics becomes its core strategy. It predictably attacks the progressives as conspiratorial and traitors, while it paints the secularists as impotent and pseudo. Fear-based politics mocks constitutional frameworks, not out of concern, but from disdain. It revises historical narratives not out of an interest to engage scholastically, but because anti-intellectualism becomes its mainstay. It obsesses with geographical, cultural and religious borders. It is constantly wary of those outside as enemies, unless they acquiesce; it thrives in a climate of hatred towards those it treats as fringe elements, within its territory. Fear-based politics aims at reawakening the traditionally privileged, lest their inherited spoils are subjected to redistribution. It resorts to reaffirming the sacred, upholding the holy, instituting moralisms and reimposing strictures, often borrowed from the ancient texts to undermine the modern reforms.
Fear-based politics reinforces the reactionary aspects of a cultural status-quo, while opposing the liberal strides of a political one. It confuses social majoritarianism with democratic mandate, while employing religious discourses as an invigorating weapon. It assumes equality of all as a preexisting condition, regardless of unique histories of oppressions and privileges. It celebrates military conquests with glee, abhors the idea of lagging behind, and limits the imaginings to supersede as an authority. In short, fear-based politics celebrates the survival of the fittest in the political arena, where the leader is seen as vigorous and brawny, reveling in pride for unquestioned heritages. The desperation to lead a country's journey into emerging as a superpower is predicated upon the unceasing fear of losing whatever remains left of an imperious status.
If histories of fascism and nazism are any indication, such desperations on part of the politicians are merely natural corollary of a suitable political climate. People deserve the kind of leaders they elect, select, or tolerate. Although it is far more tempting to paint a specific prime-ministerial aspirant as the apostle of fear-based politics at this juncture, it would be more prudent – and sincere – to hold responsible, the political culture itself – reared by the Indian citizens thus far, as the country goes to polls in a couple of months from now, in what is being hailed as a potential "turning point".
The reality that a far-right politician is indeed legitimized as a candidate to the top political post in the country is immensely telling, whether or not, he ends up winning it. What is only more disturbing is the sheer predictability of this reality – it is almost as though we were bracing the country for this day. Our social conditioning has manifested in our misplaced patriotic duties to refuse authority to a woman not on grounds of political differences, but solely because she is a "foreigner", despite having been more of an Indian than the countless NRIs whose funds we voluntarily have solicited to fuel hatred in the subcontinent. Our collective derision of a prime minister not because he is the architect of a neoliberal agenda, but because he was not macho enough to outgrow his "silence" that appears to us as jocular. Our unquenched thirst for the blood of imagined enemies – ranging from the Maoists to the Muslims, grounded on unfounded claims of sovereignty losses, from within the borders, and from outside. Our unabated eagerness to claim and reclaim golden ages of a monolithic culture that suits our propensity for consumption of selective glories, harking us back to celebrate a certain five-thousand years old civilization.
Such a predictable crossroads where the opinion polls suggest a significant support for a party that draws its convictions from xenophobia and isolationism has arrived not because of a single politician who once spearheaded attacks on members of a vulnerable minority group. We are confronted by it today because as a nation, we have ducked the difficult questions posed before us by historical opportunities, time and again. We have consistently refused to address the special plights of the people inhabiting occupied territories and have evaded any referendum even as we have reinforced military might without pause. We have reached this unfortunate stage where resurgence of Hindu nationalism is treated with admiration because we have unfailingly nurtured the sanctities around inherently regressive tendencies of Hinduism, a religion that must relegate a section of its followers to the abyss in order to herald another section as its panacea, and we have offered it a clean chit as a 'way of life' instead. In endorsing this way of life, we have flatly rejected any attempt to equate casteism with racism. Not only that, in endorsing the Hindutva philosophy that governs our everyday lives, we keep rejoicing patriarchal mores, so much so that our images abroad are the images of the assaulted and raped. And yet, instead of reflecting over how our subjugations of women and the minorities are sanctioned by the very texts we hold fundamental, and instead of finding our cultural nationalism at odds with constitutional prescriptions, we have reached a stage where rabid jingoism is the preferred flavor for most pre-poll respondents, because we have as families have continued to raise our children against the spirits of the constitution, and through installing in them values of distrusts, superstitions, ruinous competitions and superiority complexes.
It must not surprise us that we have reached this crossroads where we have to choose between the secular and the communal. It should however alarm us like never before. It should alarm us because we have even begun to dismiss the relevance of secularism. By attacking it as "pseudo" and "appeasing" and simply unworkable, we are thumping our chests to decry what we have started mocking as "sick-ularism". Just as we have done with our opposition to "reservations". Instead of recognizing the dividends and therefore expanding them, we are choosing to dispense with the progressive policies. We don't just stop there – our attacks on the drafters of our constitution and makers of the nation are not so much to learn from their struggles to resolve the crisis – some of which still are pending for us to do justice to them ourselves – but to revise our history books to undermine the various streams of anticolonial movements that gave birth to a fairly new republic of India for whom inevitable challenges were to far outpace prospective accomplishments.
Despite critical issues abound which we must tackle sustainably, systematically – informed by needs for social justice, we treat national elections as sensational phases to posit individuals against one another, in a farcical, albeit, spectator sport. In the most recent such attempts, we witnessed Arnab Goswami trying to outsmart Rahul Gandhi, and as the various analysis from leading commentators affirmed, he clearly outsmarted Gandhi. Some wrote that Gandhi was not prepared for the barrage of "specific" questions, and some said he just could not have answered anyway. From crude jokes to outright waves of sympathy were expressed for the ways Gandhi had to endure Goswami. And most of them were correct observations. Indeed, Goswami's voice has started representing not just the content, but also the manners in which public discourses are taking place in India – the very reason why we are at this crossroads, to begin with.
Goswami's overzealous attempts to elicit a duel between personalities (in this cas
e, a "RaGa vs NaMo" match) perfectly synchronized with how we tend to treat elections. His demand for a PM candidate ahead of the polls so that he can then hold the individual responsible for the social diseases, is exactly how we are always on the run for our favorite scapegoat. His obfuscation surrounding origins critical to understanding 1984 and 2002 in context is exactly how we rationalize the rise of Hindu nationalism under various garbs. Finally his "challenging" Rahul Gandhi for "a direct one on one battle with Narendra Modi" is just reflective of the yardstick which many of us measure the national politics by. Some have argued that this interview – Rahul Gandhi's first – was going to be disastrous for his political career; that it amply demonstrated how incapable he was in handling the tough questions, and therefore it proved him feeble in leading the country.
And yet, the reality may just be the opposite. In more ways than can be described here, the interview indeed proved that India has finally found a political leader who is immensely capable of discerning questions, identifying issues, and persisting with the necessary. When Arnab's unrelenting question was, "Are you afraid of losing to Modi", Rahul's response to that was only appropriate: "What millions of youngsters in this country want is to empower and unleash the power of the women in this country." This is as direct an answer as could have been provided to a question about Modi's growth in Indian society. Missing the connection is precisely the point. An empowered citizenry does not opt for fascist politics. Only a fear-based political climate gives rise to despots. Hailing from a political family that has directly been targeted by fundamentalist forces, Rahul Gandhi is only acutely aware of it. The good part being, he acknowledges the same. Instead of resorting to any meritocratic claims of individualistic journeys, he recognizes the privileges, responsibilities, and the perils – of having been born in a family that has remained at the helm of Indian politics for decades.
While BJP and its ideological apparatus offers misogyny as a response to women's rights, Rahul Gandhi keeps returning to the issue of women's empowerment as crucial to national development. From media portrayals to dining table discourses, the space we provide to issues of gender inequality has always been dismal, and it will not be an exaggeration to state, as Rahul Gandhi has cited on a separate occasion quoting a NGO activist, that no nation will prosper which oppresses its women. And despite his insistence on deliberating over women's issues in India, the manner in which Arnab Goswami continued to reject that as a non-issue in the only interview he had with Rahul Gandhi, is exactly the reason why we as a country need to reflect upon which questions are indeed tough, and which ones are just plain wrong.
Not all questions are relevant, just as not all changes are desirable. Often times, our temptations, and not our studied observations, clamor for a change. And more often, the changes we seek are not systemic ones, instead we merely look for a facelift. The questions before India are not just about who will lead the country, but much more importantly, which issues will govern it. What Rahul Gandhi has proposed is that constitutionally the MPs choose the PM candidate and so who will lead the country will be answered after the polls, not before. But even if it is decided that we must reject one between Gandhi and Modi, the choice is clear: only one of them is decidedly professing a majoritarian religious sentiment in a country founded upon secular values. There is no dispute here. What are at stakes, however are the core issues that will govern this country at such a defining intersection.
Macho sloganeering of "India First" is directly benefitting the popularity of right-wing nationalism in the country today. It is an embarrassing development for a nation that urgently needs to check its own powers, not expand those any further. "India First" is also reminiscent of the dark days of Pokharan test – a filthy display of militarist pride borne out of disregard towards humane priorities. It is important to remember that India was never designed to be a first. India's emancipation lies in its setting an example for the world, in being an equal partner in progress for the Third World, which still suffers from excesses of capitalism and neocolonial projects. India's future lies in acknowledging its own transgressions, ending the war on its own people, confirming with international standards set in dealing with occupied territories. India's future lies in empowering the Dalits, the women, the working poor, in preparing for a nation that respects the spirits of its constitution and the fundamental duties it prescribes, among which feature the development of "the scientific temper, humanism and the spirit of inquiry and reform."
Economic development – no matter what the model is called – cannot be a substitute for social democracy that embraces values of humanism and inclusiveness. In 2010, Sonia Gandhi aptly described what it implies, "Social democracy is not populism, it is not generosity; it is the justice that our constitution promises. The backlog is huge, but without social democracy, Indian democracy could well be undermined." Taking a leaf off Indira Gandhi's own visions, she cited the four features of a social democracy that India must strive towards: first, a belief that social democracy must not only be responsive or responsible, but also be representative of many diversities; second, a conviction that social democracy is unachievable unless economic growth empowers the disadvantaged, deprived and the discriminated against; third, a yearning for social democracy must pay highest attention to the preservation of environment and regeneration of natural resources; and finally, a passion for social democracy must provide for a nation-state as an instrument for change and protection of national sovereignty.
Last year, eminent Dalit scholar Kancha Ilaiah hailed Sonia Gandhi as one of the greatest foreign-born Indian women to have left a deep imprint on our history, he was not stretching the truth. He articulated at least four legal measures, in which Sonia Gandhi had "changed the course of the Indian welfare state" and enabled Indian democracy to become "seriously transformative": the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA), the Right to Information Act (RTI), the Right to Education Act (RTE) and the Food Security Ordinance (FSO).
Ilaiah argued that the UPA government had empowered the villagers to get their wages without being subjected to any humiliations via contractual engagements with feudal lords. For the first time in memory, villagers are telling stories about their increased food intake. On matters of transparency, RTI was a radical step towards the right direction and required a level of courage on part of a political party, that was not commonplace. Right to Education Act put in place by the UPA has also been revolutionary and has given hope to parents who could not have otherwise afforded education for their children. Most importantly, Right to Food Ordinance is a direct attack on casteist superstructure of India, apart from being an exemplary contribution to alleviate poverty.
Going by Mahatma Gandhi's Talisman, the four measures above apply to the poorest in India, but at the same time, they may not be impacting the lives of the middle class or the rich, which explains partly why the corporate media refuses to engage in conversations on these issues. A "Shining India" slogan invariably overlooks issues concerning food, clothing, shelter, literacy and rural employment, because, it can afford to take these for granted. But even more critically, the deliberate oversight owes itself to the ongoing class war in India – the war waged by the rich upon the poor, which subsequently helps in agenda-setting for the media.
As a result, the central elect
oral issues end up becoming the ones that concern the upwardly mobile. One question often posed to Rahul Gandhi in this regard is, "How can India be a superpower if we continue to depend on the United States?" His answer has been unequivocal: "It is not so much that we depend on another country. We don't need favors from others. But there is a certain amount of integration, and it has massive advantages. If we built an inward-looking IT industry, and we don't allow it to go beyond Indian borders, that will be very limited. Our strength is we are young and highly educated. We are not saying we should depend on another country, in fact, what we are saying is others should depend on us. It's a different way of looking at the world." Thereafter in a classic instance of misunderstanding this "different way of looking", the convener concluded with glee that, Rahul Gandhi had said other countries should depend on us. And Rahul had to immediately clarify that it is not what he had meant at all: "It is not that the other countries should depend on us. The world is integrated. We have offices in Bangalore and Hyderabad contributing to the world economy. Once you believe in yourself and can compete with anyone, it's not about whether we are depending on others, it is about their views on us."
Rahul Gandhi's assertions of a changing India that will be a key participant in world economy, and not a haven for domestic capitalism, is one that needs to be understood with the "different mindset" he keeps harping on. He draws from the Nehruvian legacies of peaceful co-existence, not Reaganesque argument of one-upmanship. His view has been that "We should not be in the business of making decisions based on fear. We have to think about not how we will be affected by the problems but how we shall affect the problems. Instead of having a mindset where we fear that we might get pushed around by someone, we should recognize that we have a place in the world and we should occupy that place in the world. If we don't have this attitude, rest of the world will not respect us."
Respect, not fear, is what Gandhi's central thesis has been. His party has been infested with corrupt politicians and yet he has earned praises from Anna Hazare for his anti-corruption crusades in getting the Lokpal Bill passed. If corruption has been a core electoral issue, Rahul Gandhi has rightfully taken credits for his activisms involving Right to Information, Aadhaar and NREGA as transformative anti-corruption projects. He is not ashamed of the socialistic aspects of Indian economy, despite being at odds with Dr. Manmohan Singh himself. Calling them as unmatched transfers of power, he applauds his party for its efforts at ensuring "bank nationalization, telecom revolution, rights paradigm, fight against the British – everything for power to the people. Answer to every single problem is to push this democratization further, to make it reach the heart of this country."
One of the ways democratization takes place is through political machinery, by restoring the faith in the legislature, so that the MLAs and the MPs do what their business is: to make laws. Addressing the elected representatives recently, Gandhi said, "This is not just another turn or another election – this is a turning point. No one is in a mood to accept less than full or to compromise; they want individual choice, participation, fair deal – and frankly, they deserve it. Either we wake up to their aspiration, or we have no business to claim that we represent them. While the work you do in the ground is very important, today laws are being made by the media, by judges, on the streets of this country, and the people elected to make laws are being sidelined. We have to get you – our MLAs, MPs and Pradhans – back."
In a time when politics is a dirty word and politicians are most distrusted in the society, so much so that Arvind Kejriwal won the elections with his "anti-politician" rhetoric, what Rahul Gandhi is saying is refreshingly different: "Real change is structural, and for that we need to work continuously through legislation, reform and sustained political efforts…Imperative before us is not whether to change, but when and how to change. What does this mean for us as a political party? Responding to an immense demand to change…But we can't complain without articulating clearly what is going to be done about it, we can't oversimplify non-solutions, we can't subvert democratic institutions by blocking parliamentary sessions; we cannot turn people against one another, or spread communal hatred or propose that structures be handed over to one man or they be viciously destroyed."
Rahul Gandhi has democratized the Youth Congress and NSUI and succeeded in multiplying the numbers of new members, but more laudable is the way Congress Manifesto itself is now demanding mass participations in its revisions. As a first step in the country, Congress also intends to introduce direct candidate selection process in 15 Lok Sabha constituencies. As an electoral promise that certainly sounds tall, but truly emancipatory, Rahul Gandhi has assured that 50% of Congress Chief Ministers shall be women, in addition to his support for the reservation for women in Parliament. Gandhi's stress on reservations is based on his assertion that there is not one India, but two. The India that is left behind in the race needs to catch up with the India which has surged ahead rapidly. For this to happen, the means need to be peaceful, democratic and constitutional. While, he contends, the opposition parties are headed exactly in the opposite directions.
Time will tell if Rahul Gandhi lives upto the different attitude and mindset he is espousing. But suffice it to say, contrary to mainstream media contention, his words and actions as a political leader, have been reassuring and inspiring so far, enabling imaginations, while thankfully remaining devoid of fear tactics and warmongering. Most of all, he has a principled composure difficult to maintain at a time when nationalistic rhetorics have started reverberating, almost to the point of stifling out voices of reason. He reminds us of what patriotism truly entails, howsoever unpopular it may sound at the moment: "We do not love our country because it is powerful or because it is rich. We love our country because it upholds the ideals we wish to live by, we love it because it stands on the ideals of humanity, inclusion, and no matter how much our shortcomings might frustrate us, and they do; we love this country because it always taught us to love one another, how to remain united in the face of adversity and to never ever give up, no matter how hard or difficult the struggle is, or how dark the night. India teaches us to fight on, with compassion in heart and faith in future."
No one knows who shall lead India this year, and how much of reflections we as a nation may have to undergo post this election, but hopefully it will be someone who truly believes in compassion in heart and faith in the future. Because, in the current climate of desperation and vacuum, politics needs to be filled with hope, not fear.
(Published in Kindle Magazine, March 2014)


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It seems calling a journalist a blogger is like calling an Aussie a Kiwi. You're far safer to just not do it. Once in a while, someone gets a bee in their bonnet about a label. Whether it's the SAHM v WM debate, or the "bloggers-aren't-journalists-aren't-bloggers" debate, I guess people just need something to talk about. And actually, I do need something to talk about, because
blogger's, journo's writer's block is killing me!
I do feel like I'm semi-qualified to comment on this debate, seeing as though I have a degree in journalism, and I have a blog. I actually had a "journal" on LiveJournal and a diary on DiaryLand back before wordpress or blogspot even existed. Granted, I have never written for any publication outside of my university newspaper and the last time I did that was circa 2000. I know media has changed drastically since then. Life has changed drastically since then. Industries have a way of evolving, growing, expanding in directions people don't expect or anticipate. The media industry is certainly not exempt from that, if anything it may be more susceptible.
Allison Lee, over at The Punch (journalism in its absolute loosest form) has written a piece titled Blogging and Journalism. Not The Same Thing. I've read the article. It has stats and figures from a study in it. It's journalisty. She doesn't slander bloggers or blogging, she doesn't, in my opinion, make it sound like she thinks either one is superior. She may make a couple of generalizations about bloggers based on this study (of which there is no reference to how many bloggers were surveyed), but I felt the general point she was trying to make is that blogging and journalism are different. Neither one better, just simply different. And neither one is going away any time soon.
In rebuttal to that piece is Anna Spargo-Ryan, a blogger who says journos and bloggers aren't as different as we think. Anna has taken Allison's piece a bit more to heart than I did and argues that bloggers are just as capable of being journalists as journalists are. And, perhaps to the surprise of journos, bloggers do actually care about and are as qualified to write about, current affairs.
I know, opinions are like assholes, we all have one. And lets face it, ours are the only ones that don't stink. Now there's a sentence I'm not sure a journo would get away with, but as a blogger, I can use words like asshole. That in itself makes a massive difference between journalism and blogging. I digress.
I think the definition of" journalist" and the definition of "blogger" is very different. More than that, I think it should be different. I could give you Oxford's definition of each (has blogger made its way into the OED yet?), but I'll go one step better and give you mine! A journalist typically gathers facts, in an unbiased fashion, to report newsworthy events to a reader/listener base. A blogger typically interprets facts, in an
always often-biased fashion, to report events that may or may not be newsworthy to his or her reader base. And they can use fowl language. They can also write about whatever the hell they want to. Journos are assigned stories. In my incredibly limited experience with blogging/bloggers, my guess would be that more of them identify with writers than journalists (yes, there's a big difference there, too!).
Anna didn't like Allison alluding to the fact that bloggers only blog about what is going on at the kitchen sink. What I love about bloggers is that they can take something that happens at the kitchen sink and make it a laugh-out-loud story. Something no journalist has ever been able to do with a story out of Canberra. With the exception of that guy on channel 7 who does the weekly political re-cap. He's quite funny.
I don't think anyone is saying bloggers can't report about current affairs and no one is saying journos can't blog. The very simple bottom line is that blogging is not journalism, and journalism is not blogging. It doesn't mean they can't both exist in the same media-driven world. I read news sites because I like to know a little bit about what is going on in the world. I read blogs because I like to identify with other mothers and women who have funny anecdotes, passionate opinions or tragic stories (or a bit of everything).
The truth, for me, is that as a blogger with a journalism degree, I most often feel like neither. I am just a person, who sometimes writes, in a minute (my-newt) part of the interwebs, recording letters to my son, opinions about things I feel passionate about, or just a general bunch of drivel because I have nothing important to say. There are some fantastic bloggers. There are some fantastic journos. There are also some very average ones. It shouldn't matter what your label is, what you write about, who you write to or who you write for. "Blogger" is not a dirty word. "Journalist" is not an elitist word. Let's try not to take anything too seriously or too personally, and maybe we'll all get along just fine.


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An engagement so nice, they're celebrating twice. Lea Michele celebrated her upcoming wedding with fiancé Zandy Reich AGAIN over the weekend with a second engagement party. Because why not, right?
"She's a lady! " Michele wrote on Instagram, sharing a photo of her second engagement party look. "Thank you @switchboutique for helping me pick out the perfect bride to be dress for our engagement party last night!" The actress and singer chose a navy Cushnie backless midi dress with a draped neckline for the oh-so-extra event.
If the dress looks familiar, there's a royal reason. Popsugar points out that Michele's engagement party frock is very reminiscent of another famous bride's pre-wedding wardrobe. The night before her royal wedding, Meghan Markle and her mother Doria Ragland arrived at Cliveden House, the hotel where they spent the night, with Markle wearing a similar off-the-shoulder navy blue dress from Roland Mouret.
It's unclear if Michele actually took some style inspiration from the Duchess of Sussex or if "something blue" is just her signature bridal color. She wore the same hue at her first engagement party over the summer, where she rocked a gorgeous patterned blue off-the-shoulder midi dress. Her first bash was hosted by former Reba actress JoAnna García and Stephanie Levinson. There were plenty of other celebrities in attendance, too, with Hilary Duff, Ashley Tisdale, and Emma Roberts all showing up to celebrate the happy couple.
See more: Lea Michele's Engagement Ring Is Certifiably Insane
The only question left is if Michele will continue with her blue vibes on her wedding day (a major trend in wedding dresses right now). The Glee alum hasn't revealed much about her actual wedding dress, except that it was an easy choice. "I saw a photo, it was the first one I tried on and it was the one that I picked," Michele previously told PeopleStyle. "I'm a very decisive person so they said I was one of the easiest brides that they have ever dealt with."


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This weekend, I'll be in Chicago with a few thousand other youth workers at the Simply Youth Ministry Conference.
This is the first time I've been to SYMC, though I've heard great things about the last ones I've never been able to attend. As I prepare to travel a few hours north (and a few degrees colder), I thought I'd share a few pre-conference thoughts.
1. I'm really looking forward to meeting some of the other youth ministry mentors who will be there.
2. Normally when I go to NYWC I'm volunteering in the store. This means I do not get to experience the convention as an attendee. So I'm looking forward to being just an attendee - which means I can go to what I want and skip what I want.
3. I'm blessed to be able to stay with a good friend from college and his family. I don't get to see Kevin as much as I want to, so this will be a great chance to hang out with the best Deputy RA in the world. (Maybe I can convince him to start blogging more while I'm there)
4. I'm signed up to go through the "Secrets to a Healthy Youth Ministry" deeper learning track with Mark Devries. I am excited about this.
5. Taking a tip from a friend and "conference expert" (Mindi), I'm going to try to take in one of the "Chicago-only" experiences and visit Wrigley Field, home of the Chicago Cubs.
If you are going to SYMC, I'd love to meet you. Maybe we can get some lunch or just sit and chat about ministry. See you there!
Monday, February 22, 2010
SYMC: a few pre-conference thoughts
This weekend, I'll be in Chicago with a few thousand other youth workers at the Simply Youth Ministry Conference.
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Global Financial Crisis
The turmoil in the international financial markets of advanced economies, that started around mid-2007, has exacerbated substantially since August 2008. The financial market crisis has led to the collapse of major financial institutions and is now beginning to impact the real economy in the advanced economies. As this crisis is unfolding, credit markets appear to be drying up in the developed world India, like most other emerging market economies, has so far, not been seriously affected by the recent financial turmoil in developed economies The global financial crisis, brewing for a while, really started to show its effects in the middle of 2007 and into 2008. Around the world stock markets have fallen, large financial institutions have collapsed or been bought out, and governments in even the wealthiest nations have had to come up with rescue packages to bail out their financial systems. On the one hand many people are concerned that those responsible for the financial problems are the ones being bailed out, while on the other hand, a global financial meltdown will affect the livelihoods of almost everyone in an increasingly inter-connected world. The problem could have been avoided, if ideologues supporting the current economics models weren't so vocal, influential and inconsiderate of others' viewpoints and concerns. CAUSES
As with any large event in any field of human endeavour, it is never about just one thing. There were many causes of the financial crisis, some recent and some longstanding. I would like to focus on three of those causes today: the misperception and mismanagement of risk; the level of interest rates; and the regulation of the financial system. Perhaps the most basic underlying driver of the crisis was the inherent cycle of human psychology around risk perceptions. When times are good, perceptions of risk diminish. People start to convince themselves that the good times will go on forever. Then, when the cycle turns, risk aversion increases again, often far beyond normal levels, let alone those seen during the boom. The current financial turmoil is rooted to the sub prime crisis. During boom years, mortgage brokers enticed by the lure of big commissions, talked buyers with poor credit into accepting housing mortgages with little or no down payment and without credit checks.
Banks and financial institutions often repackaged these debts with other high-risk debts and sold them to world-wide investors creating financial instruments called CDOs or collateralised debt obligations. The serious sub prime mortgage crisis began in June of 2007 when two Bear Stearns hedge funds collapsed.
Federal Reserve Bank and European Central Bank dumped $100-billion in liquidity into the system that calmed the market down for a short period. However the sub prime crisis continued to be solid as long as the housing market continued to escalate and interest rates didn't go up.
Lehman Brothers Lehman's slow collapse began as the mortgage market crisis unfolded during the summer of 2007. Its stock began a steady fall from a peak of $82 a share. The fears were based on the fact that the firm was a major player in the market for sub prime and prime mortgages.
Lehman managed to avoid the fate of Bear Stearns, the other of Wall Street's small fries, which was bought by JP Morgan Chase at a bargain basement price under the threat of bankruptcy.
Lehman and Bear Stearns had a number of similarities. Both had relatively small balance sheets, they were heavily dependent on the mortgage market, and they relied heavily on the "repo" or repurchase market, most often used as a short-term financing tool.
On June 9, 2008, Lehman announced a second-quarter loss of $2.8 billion, far higher than analysts had expected. The situation became worse after the government on announced on September 8 a take-over of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. Lehman's stock plunged as the markets wondered whether the...
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1/2 cup millet
1 cup water
1 small onion, chopped
1 tsp fresh ginger, peeled and chopped
3 cloves garlic, crushed
2 bell peppers, seeded and chopped
200 g tempeh, cut into small cubes
4 cups vegetable stock
2 Tbs vegetable oil
2 Tbs fresh basil leaves, chopped
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2 Tbs lime or lemon juice
1 cup frozen baby peas
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In a medium saucepan add millet and the water, cover, bring to boil and cook over low heat during about 25 minutes and until water is absorbed.
Puree onion, ginger, garlic and peppers into a smooth mixture.
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Or, On the constant fear of being left out and the importance of libraries
Coming Late to the Party: Part of a regular series here at PostConsumer Reports wherein I reflect on something that I either totally missed or completely disliked the first time I heard, watched, and/or read it. In a sense, the party's been going on for quite some time and I have arrived but significantly late. If you will, it is the AfterParty or the PostParty Party. This week's entry is a continuing meditation on why we all will always be arriving late to the party: we are too lazy to put in the actual work to get there... (click here for the companion piece "The World is Abundant and I'm Entirely Overwhelmed"
I know what the Scriptures say. I know how I should live. And yet my life is in a constant state of fear:
...for God gave us a spirit not of fear but of power and love and self-control.
+++2 Timothy 2:7There is no fear in love, but perfect love casts out fear. For fear has to do with punishment, and whoever fears has not been perfected in love.
+++1 John 4:18
I suppose you could say when it comes to intaking and partaking of works of art I lack all self-control and have not yet come close to a perfected love. I am consumed by a fear of punishment which leaves me powerless.
And this all-pervading fear stems from two primary causes:
1. That when it comes to knowing and experiencing various works of art (drama, music, literature, philosophy, theology, paintings/sculptures) the whole world is at this party I either don't know exists or I have not been invited to. In other words: I am desperately afraid of missing out on all the fun.
2. That I seek to absorb the entirety of the world's history and cultural expressions and I have the sinking knowledge I will not be able to take it all in before I die.
This fear drives me into a constant state of near panic which sees me forever trying to discover, compile, and subsume these works of art. I am voraciously hungry for more. I collect and collect and collect. I see the world as a vast interconnected web, and so discovering one work of art or one renowned thinker inevitably leads me to discover five more. I know the sum of all culture and thought is not infinite, but to any individual it might as well be.
As examples, when my sons discover they love the Charlie Brown holiday specials, this leads me to research and then buy the other holiday specials and movies and collections of the actual comics. And when I go and watch the new Paddington Bear movie with them the whole time I wonder how they have drawn from the original source material and I think, "I have got to buy the original Paddington books for my boys. I have to know and they have to know the origin stories. I owe them that much." Or, in developing a deeper love for the music and lyrics of Kanye West, I realize how much he has been influenced by 60's and 70's R&B, of which I know so little about and so I think "How can I listen to West and truly understand him, if I don't understand what has shaped him as an artist?"
But don't you see? All those artists mentioned are just the tip of the iceberg, or should I say a single iceberg that leads to a view which overlooks a whole field of icebergs.
This fear was built into me from early on when again and again I discovered various great works of art which I had previously missed out on. My parents did the best job they could, but they could only show me what they themselves knew, only draw from the bank of knowledge and experience they had compiled. That is, they could not help me to know what they themselves did not know.* But they could point me to doors which could lead to this otherwise unattainable knowledge. Sometimes these were actual literal rooms.
In my youth I would spend nearly every Friday afternoon after school hunkered down at the Metamora Public library.** My dad and I had a Friday tradition of going out to eat and then seeing the Metamora high school football team play, but I had to wait around somewhere for him until he got off work. That place was the library. It was there, through hours of waiting and walking through the isles just taking in all the titles that I discovered the world was a vast place. It was there I first picked up a strange book called Dianetics, a crazy "comic book" about a mouse in a concentration camp, a nonfiction tennis book called Hard Courts, and read through the first few profanity laced pages of Catcher in the Rye. Almost every time I was there I would pass by the same books just to make sure they were still there, even though I was too intimidated by their mystifying or immoral texts to actually read them: Vanity Fair, the works of Charles Dickens (of which I tried to memorize the titles of), the works of Stephen King, various volumes of world history.
|My actual library card from the mid-90's
Recently, a particular memory of the library was sparked in me while watching Fantasia 2000 with my kids, most especially during the Pomp and Circumstance segment, which makes Donald Duck into a kind of Noah and the Ark figure. First of all, as a child, I felt like I had literally discovered "classical" music on my own. I just could not believe it when I realized such a thing actually existed. Then, to take a particular example, at one point in time I realized, after going to various graduation ceremonies, that the piece that kept getting played was composed by an actual person (Sir Edward Elgar) and I tried to hunt it down at the library. I found it on cassette tape and was amazed that Pomp and Circumstance was a whole set of marches—again, the tip of another iceberg. There were many other such two-week rentals, from Michael Jackson's Bad, to the films of Laurel and Hardy, to finally listening to Beethoven's 9th in its entirety.
To me, even the most limited, small-scale libraries are places of absolute wonder, vistas to lose oneself in for hours at a time. Libraries make me feel like the character Tubbs from The League of Gentlemen (which I wrote about recently in this article) who cannot help but exclaim with exuberant longing innocence "Lines and lines and lines and lines!" upon looking at a map for the first time. She is overwhelmed by the vastness of an unknown world. She knows she is on the cusp of a new world just outside her grasp, despite fearing what it all might mean:
I have spent my whole life feeling deprived, feeling as if I was missing out on greatness, feeling as if the greatest experiences I could ever know were just beyond me, if only someone would show them to me or I could discover them somehow. I used to think this was my parents fault but now I realize I will never be able to take it all in, to know it all. Libraries taught me and continue to remind me just how little I do in fact know. And yet the fear still drives me. How many times did I refuse to listen to something or watch something only to rediscover it years later as a life-altering work of art? I live with everpresent uneasiness that the next great work to discover is just around the corner, if only I would keep searching.
But here is one thing I have realized about myself, and in turn have realized about everyone else: I am too lazy to actually seek EVERYTHING out.
This is especially so when it comes to books.
I have many books. There they sit on my shelf. The greatest works of literature and theology and philosophy the world over. But it is just too hard to get to them. I would rather watch another episode of Tosh.O then put forward the effort to understand C.S. Lewis' works of literary criticism, the dense novels of Umberto Eco, the dialectic of Hegel, or the cyclical theology of Karl Barth.
And so my everpresent fears stem from a lifelong bank of self-knowledge: when it comes to reading I know I would rather collect them than put in the work of knowing them. As a result my fear is continually accompanied with guilt and self-loathing.
Just now I have had to do some lesson planning for the class I am teaching at school, which has afforded me the opportunity of reading Shakespeare's Julius Caesar. I have wanted to read Shakespeare again for years since graduating college, but have never been able to put in the effort. I am glad the pressure of teaching a group of young people has forced me into finally reading one of his plays again. I have yet to read the play itself, but after going over a couple of introductions, I cannot help but feel, once again, I am on the cusp of greatness.
The other night I watched a show called Luther, which is basically personality driven crime procedural show. It was kind of a waste of time really—Prime Suspect it is not. I have seen plenty of these types of shows and this one took all the cliches of those shows and used them as melodramatically as possible. The actors were mostly great, but really it was a waste of an hour which prolonged me getting to sleep. I know how I should have spent that hour instead: I should have read something, fallen asleep in 10 minutes, got up earlier and less groggy and more able to do the real work of immersing myself in the greatest artists and thinkers the world has to offer.
And about this party I am afraid of missing out on: what I have realized is everyone is lazy and everyone is limited to what they have experienced. Most people are content to settle for what became significant to them at some point in the distant past—a favorite album or book or movie. Sure people are always watching new television shows or films but they usually stick to genres they are already comfortable with. The same is true for people who read books. And so most all of us are incredibly limited, but we all like to think we have good taste and are open minded. But I have some serious doubts about that.
As for me, well, I am still very, very afraid and I do not think that fear will subside any time soon. But I am happy to say Shakespeare is calling...***
* It was strange for me to read of author David Foster Wallace's upbringing as the son of philosophy and English professors in the recent Newsweek article "The Turbulent Genius of David Foster Wallace". I can't imagine anything more foreign than receiving nightly impassioned grammar lessons from my mother.
** I also spent a great deal of time at the Germantown Hills and Spring Bay branches as well, which were very close to both sets of my grandparents. It is amazing how much time a little kid just sits waiting around. Boredom drove me to the libraries.
***But Kierkegaard! When will I ever find the time to get to Kierkegaard? Oh Kierkegaard, please wait for me!
Other entries in the "Coming late to the party" series:
Coming late to the party #4: The World is Abundant and I'm Entirely Overwhelmed
Coming late to the party #3: Radiohead's OK Computer
Coming late to the party #2: The Art of Surprise (Simon & Garfunkel, Tuneyards, and St. Vincent)
Coming late to the party #1: Fernando Ortega


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Boston newspaper with Loyalist leanings...
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December 26, 1768
THE BOSTON CHRONICLE, Dec. 26, 1768
* Pro-British American publication
* Boston is causing trouble
The publisher of this newspaper had Loyalist leanings, causing its demise before the formal outbreak of the Revolutionary War.
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North Carolina gets a governor... The trouble in America...
Item #664428
September 19, 1768
THE GLOCESTER JOURNAL, England, Sept. 19, 1768 Page 3 has a brief item noting: "The King has been pleased to appoint George Mercer, Esq., to be Lieutenant Governor of his Majesty's province of North Carolina in America."
Then a letter from Ireland beginning: "We are not in a less rebellious state here than the people in America...You drain us of our troops to send them to... See More
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Graphic report of the funeral of the Princess...
Item #664248
May 24, 1768
THE LONDON GAZETTE, England, May 24, 1768
* Princess Louisa of Great Britain
* Death - funeral - burial
* Best title to be had ?
The entire front page appears more as a broadside, being a one column report on the funeral of: "...her late Royal Highness Princess Louisa-Anne..." who was interred in the Royal Family vault in King Henry VII's Chapel at Westminster Abbey.
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News from America...
Item #664054
September 12, 1768
THE GLOCESTER JOURNAL, England, Sept. 12, 1768 The ftpg. has an article concerning the Indians in the New Orleans vicinity. Page 2 has a report from Boston headed "America" concerning ships "...hovering round Castle William as if there was the greatest danger of its being attacked at a time of profound peace." and then other reports from Philadelphia and New York, the lat... See More
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Colonial Boston... The Frederick Stump affair...
Item #663362
March 14, 1768
THE BOSTON CHRONICLE, March 14, 1768
* Frederick Stump's Run Massacre
* Native Americans - Indians killed
* Middleburg, Snyder County, Pennsylvania
Inside has a report from Providence that: "...this colony...have appointed a committee to draw up an address to his Majesty & write to the Ministry & our Agent relative to the peculiar hardships & distresses the colon... See More
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All are not united in America...
Item #662921
August 22, 1768
THE GLOCESTER JOURNAL, England, Aug. 22, 1768
* Pre Revolutionary War America
Page 3 has a report: "...from New York...that the inhabitants of that province and Pennsylvania are so far from joining the New-Englanders that they loudly condemn the late seditious conduct of the Bostonians; as do several other provinces.".
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Colonies are agreeing to a non-importation agreement...
Item #662205THE GLOCESTER JOURNAL, England, June 6, 1768 (currently spelled Gloucester) Page 2 has reports headed: "America" beginning: "Most of the merchants & importers of goods have already subscribed a voluntary engagement to each other that they will not sell on their own accounts or on commissions, nor buy or sell for any person whomsoever, any goods...which shall be shipp... See More
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Colonial Boston, with the Supplement issue attached...
Item #662112
June 6, 1768
THE BOSTON CHRONICLE, Massachusetts, June 6, 1768
* Pre American Revolutionary War tensions
Under reports from London is: "...Letters from Boston, New England, mention that the late public spirit for establishing new manufactures was greatly subsided, the adventurers having met with nothing but disappointments in procuring materials, scarcity of money, & high price of wages.&q... See More
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Quartering troops and other concerns... Supplement issue included...
Item #661837
May 23, 1768
THE BOSTON CHRONICLE, with the "Supplement" issue, May 23, 1768
* Rare Colonial America original
The content is varied from thoughts on religious concerns on the front page, to "Thoughts on Vegetation" to "A New Method of Making Hogs Grow Quickly Fat" & other curious articles in addition to a wealth of advertisements.
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Indian troubles... Angry at the tax collectors...
Item #661836
June 13, 1768
THE BOSTON CHRONICLE, Massachusetts, June 13, 1768
* Pre Revolutionary War tensions
Included are reports under the heading "America" from Charleston, Philadelphia, Boston, Newport, & New York, including a letter "...from the Cherokee country, informs us...upper Cherokee towns are greatly harassed by several parties of Indians from the Ohio & Mississippi who kill ... See More
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A "seditious" paper arouses anger in New York... Ancient Temple at Winterborn Abbey...
Item #657796THE GENTLEMAN'S MAGAZINE, London, March, 1768 Among the items in this issue are: "Ancient Temple at Winterborn Abbey" which includes an illustration; "On the Different Positions of the Great Occipital Aperture in man and Diverse Animals"; and much more. Near the back is the "Historical Chronicle" which has the latest news reports of the day & which inclu... See More
A substitute for British tea... Letter to the ladies of North America...
Item #657569THE GLOCESTER JOURNAL, England, Jan. 4, 1768 (currently spelled Gloucester) Page 2 has a report from Boston concerning the finding of "hyperion or Labrador tea" in the colonies, of special interest given the recent non-importation of tea from England.
Also an item noting: "By letters from Philadelphia we are credibly informed that a number of new buildings are going to ... See More
Northwest Passage... Admiral De Fonte's letter...
Item #653060
July 23, 1768
THE LONDON CHRONICLE, England, July 23, 1768 The front page has the conclusion of the lengthy letter from Admiral De Fonte, "giving an Account of the most material Transactions in a Journal of his from the Calo of Lima in Peru, on his Discoveries to find if there was any North-West Passage from the Atlantic Ocean into the South and Tartarian Sea," followed by considerable text. The... See More
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Regarding Ben Franklin's "A Magic Square of Squares"...
Item #652752
July 1, 1768
THE GENTLEMAN'S MAGAZINE, London, July, 1768 (offered at a significantly reduced price - see note regarding the magic square plate)
Perhaps the most notable content is the article on an inside page titled: "Surprising Properties of Numbers placed in Dr. Franklin's Magic Square of Squares," which is a fascinating article describing Benjamin Franklin's amazing numerical puzzle... See More
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Conflict between the Cherokee and Iroquois Nations... Smoking the Calumet of Peace...
Item #652387
February 13, 1768
THE LONDON CHRONICLE, February 13, 1768 As inside report under the heading, "AMERICA - New York," tells of a visit from South Carolina by a number of chiefs of the Cherokee Nation requesting the U.S. government mediate a dispute between the Cherokee Nation and the Six Nations of the Iroquois. Included is a mention that on the day after their arrival, "...three of the Mohawk Ch... See More
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Boston: the nest from which all the evils have sprung...
Item #652331
November 7, 1768
THE BOSTON CHRONICLE, Nov. 7, 1768
* Pre Revolutionary War tensions
A report from Charleston notes that: "About a dozen of the ringleaders of the late disturbance at Dr. Turnbull's settlement at the Mosquito Harbour in East Florida, we hear, have been secured...". This is followed by a lengthier report from Mecklenburg beginning: "Gov. Tryon has been here in person t... See More
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Multiple reports from America...
"No liberty! No life! Proper wages..." - a commoner's view of English life...
Item #652298
June 2, 1768
THE LONDON CHRONICLE, June 2, 1768 Multiple inside reports are from various locations throughout America, including two articles from New York, one from Boston, and another from Philadelphia (see images for details). The Postscript has the interesting, "No liberty! No life! Proper wages, and down with oppression. In a letter to the brave people of England," a rather lengthy title b... See More
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Multiple reports from America...
"The Man of Forty Crowns"... a new Voltaire satire...
Item #652297
June 4, 1768
THE LONDON CHRONICLE, June 4, 1768 Multiple inside reports are from various locations throughout America, including a letter from Massachusetts Bay, and two articles from New York (see images for details). Also included are excerpts from Voltaire's new satire, "The Man of Forty Crowns," which is accompanied by a lengthy review which concludes: "This plausible discourse mad... See More
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Major Rogers captured by Indians, then escapes...
Item #652296THE GENTLEMAN'S MAGAZINE, London, June, 1768 Among the items in this issue are: "Unsuccessful Trial to Cure Canine Madness" "An Account of the Antiquities of Athens" "Dr. P's Discoveries Concerning the Rhinoceros Justified" "List of Members in the Present Parliament" which takes 8 pages. Also: "An Account of the Horned Viper of Egypt"... See More
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New York, Williamsburg, and Boston reports...
Mount Vesuvius erupts...
Item #649332
February 16, 1768
THE LONDON CHRONICLE, February 16, 1768 As inside report, "An account of the Great Eruption of Mount Vesuvius, the 10th of October, 1767...", which provides considerable details of the great eruption of 1768. Other articles include reports from New York, Williamsburg, Virginia, and Boston (see images).
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Charting the coast of North America... Anticosti Island...
Item #649328THE GENTLEMAN'S MAGAZINE, London, February, 1768
* Charting North America
Within an article on "Ship News" is a report noting in part: "...A great number of our ships having been lately cast away on the coast of North America where there are many rocks & shoals not sufficiently known...the Hillsborough has been completely fitted with all necessaries for taking a ... See More
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Seeking cheaper labor and products prohibited...
Item #648916
January 9, 1768
THE LONDON GAZETTE, England, January 9, 1768 The previous issue included a warning on the front page making clear the penalties for Artificers and Merchants seeking cheaper labor, products, and materials from foreign locations outside the umbrella of The Kingdom - making it infinitely more difficult for those Artificers and Merchants following the regulations and laws of the land to be compe... See More
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American merchants distressed... An encounter with a great whale..
Item #648914
January 21, 1768
THE LONDON CHRONICLE, January 21, 1768 The front page has reports from America - two from Boston and another from Providence, Rhode Island. One of the former gives details of an unusual encounter with a great whale, and the latter briefly mentions the distress that merchants are experiencing due to the importation of goods and the additional burdens which have been placed upon them. Page 6 h... See More
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An alternative to Capital punishment?
Reports from America... Colonists economically distressed by duties..
Item #648913
January 19, 1768
THE LONDON CHRONICLE, January 19, 1768 This issue may start with a review of a book on Gout and end with a set of fables, but within are a set of reports from America and the description for how Denmark handles certain capitol offenses - all of which make interesting period reading. Other news of the day from locations throughout the world are also present.
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Colonial Pennsylvania...
Item #647369
February 29, 1768
THE PENNSYLVANIA CHRONICLE & UNIVERSAL ADVERTISER, Philadelphia, Feb. 29, 1768
* Rare Colonial title
Inside has a report from London noting in part: "Mr. Grenville's enmity against the Colonies still continues as violent as ever...he tired even his friends with a tedious harangue against America..." with more (see). Various other news reports of the day and a great we... See More
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Boston newspaper with Loyalist leanings...
Item #647364
December 26, 1768
THE BOSTON CHRONICLE, December 26, 1768 The publisher of this newspaper had Loyalist leanings, causing its demise before the formal outbreak of the Revolutionary War.
All of pages 1 & 2 are taken up with a continued report on: "Voltaire on History". Page 3 has: "The Opinions of the Ministers of the colony of the Massachusetts...upon this question--Whether to Surrender the... See More
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Would reject independence if offered... Regarding representation in Parliament...
Item #647363
April 4, 1768
THE BOSTON CHRONICLE, Massachusetts, April 4, 1768 Inside has most of a page taken up with a letter from the Speaker of the Mass. Assembly to one of the King's Secretaries of State, which includes: "...it seems to be conclusive that as those acts were made with the sole & express purpose of raising a revenue out of America, the subjects here are in those instances unfortunately ... See More
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Colonial Boston with American content...
Item #646899
November 21, 1768
THE BOSTON CHRONICLE, Massachusetts, Nov. 21, 1768 The front page is entirely taken up with "...the account given of the late transactions respecting Sir Jeffery Amherst by the friends of the administration." with much on the relationship with General Gage, portions including: "...for Sir J.A. was the only person in England who could not go to America in that capacity. He had ... See More
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From colonial Boston...
Item #646897
March 14, 1768
THE BOSTON CHRONICLE, March 14, 1768
* Pro-British American publication
Inside has a report from Providence that: "...this colony...have appointed a committee to draw up an address to his Majesty & write to the Ministry & our Agent relative to the peculiar hardships & distresses the colonies are not labouring under." Other various news of the day from both Europe and th... See More
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From colonial Boston...
Item #646450
October 24, 1768
THE BOSTON CHRONICLE, Oct. 24, 1768
* Pro-British American publication
* Boston is causing trouble
A nice newspaper from colonial Boston, the hotbed of activity raging against the hated policies of Parliament towards the American colonies. This city & its environs saw much action against the Stamp Act, and would soon be the focus of the Boston Tea Party, the Boston Massacre, and the out... See More
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Much on the growing troubles with England...
Item #646039
October 10, 1768
THE BOSTON CHRONICLE, Oct. 10, 1768
* Pre Revolutionary War tensions
A somewhat short-lived colonial newspaper by a publisher with Loyalist leanings. The entire front page is taken up with: "Description of the Anaconda, a monstrous species of Serpent...". Page 3 has: "A Letter from Mr. Voltaire..." signed by him in type.
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Government's role in the public welfare vs. debt...
Item #644502
May 14, 1768
THE LONDON CHRONICLE, May 14, 1768 Inside is an interesting article on the role of Government and Providence in relation to public welfare and government debt. It begins: "The political disease seems to be near a crisis...". Several hundred years later the topic continues to be at the forefront of public discourse. Also within this issue is a mention of "A Portugal... See More
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Great and abundant content from America...
Item #642808THE GENTLEMAN'S MAGAZINE, London, November, 1768 The inside includes: "American Transactions Continued" from the previous issue which takes over 10 pages with a great wealth of content concerning the growing tensions between England & the American colonies. Perhaps this lengthy text is summed up best with one paragraph: "...We wish & pray for the happy time w... See More
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Address of the governor of Massachusetts...
Item #642805THE GENTLEMAN'S MAGAZINE, London, May, 1768
* Sir Francis Bernard, 1st Baronet
The prime feature is: "A Letter from the Earl of Shelburne to his Excellency Governor Barnard" of Massachusetts, which is followed by a piece prefaced with: "The General Assembly of Massachusetts Bay having treated the above letter with great freedom, Governor Bernard put an end to the Ses... See More
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Engraving of the Corsican chief Pascal Paoli... Article by Ben Franklin...
Item #642804THE GENTLEMAN'S MAGAZINE, London, April, 1768
* Ben Franklin letter regarding the poor
* Engraving of Pascal Paoli of Corsica
* Early fire engine
* Reports from America, including Indians
Taking nearly two pages is a letter: "Hardheartedness to the Poor Considered" which was written by Ben Franklin, although signed: "Medius" (see https://founders.archives.gov/docum... See More
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John Wilkes, a supporter of the American cause...
Item #639817
August 29, 1768
THE BOSTON CHRONICLE, Massachusetts, Aug. 29, 1768
* John Wilkes - radical
* Pre Revolutionary War
The first half of the newspaper is taken up with the continuation of the "Narrative of the Hon. Commodore Byron" on his expedition around the world in the 1740's.
Near the back are reports from London noting in part: "...that most of the readers of our paper are such ... See More
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Governemnt's role in the public welfare vs. debt...
Item #639469
May 14, 1768
THE LONDON CHRONICLE, May 14, 1768 Inside is an interesting article on the role of Government and Providence in relation to public welfare and government debt. It begins: "The political disease seems to be near a crisis...". Several hundred years later the topic continues to be at the forefront of public discourse. Also within this issue is a mention of "A Portugal... See More
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Celebrating near the Liberty Tree in New London...
Item #631181
August 16, 1768
THE LONDON CHRONICLE, England, Aug. 16, 1768 The back page has a small article headed: "America" with a New London dateline noting: "...a number of the principal gentlemen of that town had entertainment at Mr. Peck's tavern, adjoining Liberty Tree, on account of Mr. Wilkes's being chosen a member of Parliament..." (see).
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A plea for separation of church & state... Indian troubles...
Item #621979
September 17, 1768
THE LONDON CHRONICLE, England, Sept. 17, 1768 Over one-third of a page is taken p with a letter concerning: "The establishment of a Protestant episcopate in America is also very zealously contended for; and is very alarming to a people whose fathers, from the hardships they suffered under such an establishment, were obliged to fly their native country into a wilderness in order peaceabl... See More
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Early boxing... News from Charleston...
Item #597382
September 28, 1768
THE GAZETTEER & NEW DAILY ADVERTISER, London, Sept. 28, 1768
* Very early boxing
Page 2 has a brief report of a boxing match noting: "...the bruising match for 50 guineas & many betts depending, between Carter the fighting glass-blower, & Edmonds, the Uxbridge drover..." with a bit more (see). Also a report from Charleston concerning the Regulators (see).
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From colonial Boston...
Item #585508
May 16, 1768
SUPPLEMENT TO THE BOSTON CHRONICLE, May 16, 1768 The front page is taken up with a wide variety of news reports from London including one item noting: "...the colony agents have orders...to obtain an act of Parliament for the encouragement of the linen manufactury in North America...". An inside page has reports from "Boston" including: "...considering them too... See More
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Colonial Boston imprint...
Item #569965
June 6, 1768
SUPPLEMENT TO THE BOSTON CHRONICLE, Massachusetts, June 6, 1768 This is the four page "Supplement" issue to the regular eight page newspaper of the same date. Almost all of the four pages are taken up with reports from London, although the back page has most of a column headed "Boston" (see).
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