Archive for April, 2009
Posted on April 15, 2009 - by Aaron Ross Powell
The Trouble with Poverty (The Autonomy Myth, Chapter 1)
Fineman begins this chapter making a common mistake. “We live in the richest country in the history of the world,” she writes, “yet at least one out of every five children lives in poverty.” She continues, “Over 10 percent of Americans aged sixty-five and older are classified as poor, as are one-third of adults with [...]
Posted on April 11, 2009 - by Aaron Ross Powell
“The Autonomy Myth” by Martha Albertson Fineman: Chapter 10: The Tenable State
Martha Albertson Fineman’s book, The Autonomy Myth, is not typically the type of thing that would make it on to my reading list. It’s in the category of academic work that I spent a great deal of time studying during the first half of my undergraduate years, but I’ve since moved on, deciding, as Gertrude Stein [...]
Posted on April 11, 2009 - by Aaron Ross Powell
“The Reason for God: Belief in an Age of Skepticism” by Timothy Keller
Timothy Keller’s The Reason for God: Belief in an Age of Skepticism was a random find. I’d returned a handful of books to the library and was looking for something to listen to in the car. The title of this book caught my eye and, at only five CDs in length, I decided to give it [...]
