Richard Dreyfuss and Democracy

"Tools of Civics: reason, logic, clarity of thought, dissent, debate, and civility"
~Richard Dreyfuss

Dreyfuss gets his chronology mixed up in a few places, but what do you think of his point?

Note connection to Neil Postman's Narrative: "The American Experiment" (the story of America as a great experiment and as a center of continuous argument)and earlier post on Maine's Common Core of Learning Revisited.

See also Jamie McKenzie's latest article titled "Brave New Citizen" at From Now On

Thoughts?

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NCSS Thematic Strands: Civics