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What keeps us going when times get tough? How do we act to create a more humane world, no matter how hard it seems? How do we offer models of involvement for our students when many feel their actions cannot matter? The Impossible Will Take a Little While gathers stories and essays of engagement that range across nations, eras, and political movements. These visionary and eloquent voices include Diane Ackerman, Sherman Alexie, Maya Angelou, Mary Catherine Bateson, A… More >>
The Impossible Will Take a Little While: A Citizen’s Guide to Hope in a Time of Fear
If you are not already a leftist committed to shoving your ideology down everyone else’s throat, don’t go anywhere near this book. Utter trash.
Rating: 1 / 5
Do not judge this man simply by his two books – go the distance, and judge him by the entirely of his published work. It’s all available for review on his web site.
This is a man who would have you believe that he is interested in moral and ethical behavior, and good citzenship. He is not. His work makes clear that in his view, immorality reigned at the time of Reagan, and reigns now under Bush, but evidently, it was supplanted by the good, moral people during the Clinton years. Right.
This man is at best delusional and crippled by his myopic, tyrannical view. But assuming he is not mentally incompetent, he is worse than intellectually dishonest – he is a propagandist. True scum. Why do I read this stuff? Because a “friend” loaned it to me, and I read it out of respect. Something good came out of it – I was wondering why my friend was so warped, and now I believe I’ve got some insight into him that I hadn’t had before.
Look, I’m sure the world would be quite peaceful if all agreed with Mr. Loeb. Of course, the world doesn’t work that way – and in the real world, rational people have keep our guard up against such “ethicists.” This man’s work, and in particular his evident credo, is simply terrifying.
Rating: 1 / 5
Received on time and in a very well condition. Very Satified.
Rating: 5 / 5
Good things are possible, keep at it, it will take a while, but, it is not impossible! Even the review here at Amazon by Ms. Nina Rosenberg shows the uphill distance we have to go. Let’s all keep walking, and even invite Ms Rosenberg along, maybe offer her a cup of tea. Anyhow, I loved this book and feel that we need to sometimes focus on what is good, and what HAS been accomplished and try to understand how it was acomplished so that we too may pave the way to greater peace, for all. Yes, not just for the USA, but for all citizens of the world. If you liked this book, I suspect you might also enjoy a book on non-violence called “nonviolence: twenty five lessons” by Mark Kurlansky.
Don’t give up, keep at it, keep the faith, ward off despair!
Rating: 4 / 5
This book is a wonderful view of history–stuff we’ve forgotten or were never exposed to in school in this way–so human, real people real problem solving!
This stuff is from many different perspectives but all release the power of human drama and lay the problem of learning to better the human condition by remembering into the future.
Rating: 5 / 5