Friday

Ok, new plan.

So, we have the midterm the Monday after next, March 5th. Next week we will have class on Monday and Wednesday and a special Wednesday evening class on the 28th of Feburary to watch "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington," exact time and place to be announced.

For your reading Friday I would like you to read Tocqueville, Chapter 7, from page 235 to 248 (leaving off the very last section). It is a brilliant piece of writing and, if you remember only one thing from the course it is the one I hope sticks with you.

For next week I would like to go back to the reader for Monday and read Lincoln and Martin Luther King's respective pieces on Rights, selections 19 and 20. Lincoln's piece is called "On the Prepetuation of our Institutions," and King's is called "Letter from a Birmingham Jail Cell." If you don't have the reader for some reason I am certain you can find them on the web. For Wendesday morning we will review for the exam.

Friday

Ok, Now we are going to finish up the chapter on the founding in the text. We are also probably due for a quiz.

The passages from Tocqueville and from Madison are among the most interesting and important in the history of political thought. I hope you find them stimulating.

Also, just to make sure we don't get lost with these papers, it might be a good idea to include in your posting which paper this is for you, i.e., first, second etc. That way, if I have let any slip through the cracks we can catch it more quickly.