http://www.tellingamericanstories.com We're all in this together. Sat, 04 Sep 2010 17:49:06 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 http://www.tellingamericanstories.com/?p=38&cpage=1#comment-9 Holly Fri, 07 Nov 2008 03:20:56 +0000 http://www.tellingamericanstories.com/?p=38#comment-9 this is an amazing photograph. this is an amazing photograph.

]]> http://www.tellingamericanstories.com/?page_id=10&cpage=1#comment-5 Telling American Stories » Blog Archive » Version 1.0. Sun, 14 Sep 2008 16:23:53 +0000 http://www.tellingamericanstories.com/?page_id=10#comment-5 [...] you see below in the previous posts, and at right, in the numbered sections under Narrative, are the core of what I’m calling Telling American Stories. You can also download it in [...] [...] you see below in the previous posts, and at right, in the numbered sections under Narrative, are the core of what I’m calling Telling American Stories. You can also download it in [...]

]]> http://www.tellingamericanstories.com/?page_id=20&cpage=1#comment-4 Telling American Stories » Blog Archive » Optimism, courage. Sun, 07 Sep 2008 00:45:16 +0000 http://www.tellingamericanstories.com/?page_id=20#comment-4 [...] Optimism is the cardinal American value. How could it not be in a country that was founded on Enlightenment ideas about human dignity, the right of self-government and the perfectibility of humanity? Without optimism, a revolutionary war that pitted a group of poorly armed provincials against the most feared army in the world could never have been started. Optimism is intimately connected with the value of courage—not physical courage, though that is also highly valued in America— the kind of moral courage that makes a person believe they have the duty to fight for the better world they believe is possible. Read more>> [...] [...] Optimism is the cardinal American value. How could it not be in a country that was founded on Enlightenment ideas about human dignity, the right of self-government and the perfectibility of humanity? Without optimism, a revolutionary war that pitted a group of poorly armed provincials against the most feared army in the world could never have been started. Optimism is intimately connected with the value of courage—not physical courage, though that is also highly valued in America— the kind of moral courage that makes a person believe they have the duty to fight for the better world they believe is possible. Read more>> [...]

]]> http://www.tellingamericanstories.com/?page_id=13&cpage=1#comment-3 Telling American Stories » Why tell American stories? Sat, 16 Aug 2008 16:28:07 +0000 http://www.tellingamericanstories.com/?page_id=13#comment-3 [...] For three simple reasons: the power of narrative; the nature of our democracy; and because the Progressive Story is the American Story. Read more>> [...] [...] For three simple reasons: the power of narrative; the nature of our democracy; and because the Progressive Story is the American Story. Read more>> [...]

]]> http://www.tellingamericanstories.com/?page_id=16&cpage=1#comment-2 Telling American Stories » What makes a story American? Sat, 16 Aug 2008 16:26:36 +0000 http://www.tellingamericanstories.com/?page_id=16#comment-2 [...] What Makes a Story American? [...] [...] What Makes a Story American? [...]

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