Comments on: Just another guy blogging for the Good Society

Just another guy blogging for the Good Society

anotherpanacea — Mon, 20 Aug 2007 11:16:03 -0800

Peter Levine promotes civic engagement in Maryland youth and is working with Prince George's County to create an 'information commons.' He writes about citizenship (1, 2, 3), Iraq (1, 2, 3), literature (1, 2, 3), and other things.

By: grahamwell

grahamwell — Mon, 20 Aug 2007 12:52:12 -0800

Forbidden: The 'information commons' kicks me out. I don't have permission apparently. A little ironic. Is there one link I should read to understand why Mr. Levine matters?

By: anotherpanacea

anotherpanacea — Mon, 20 Aug 2007 13:39:54 -0800

You can find the 'information commons' link less directly by clicking on the 'Prince George's County' and then hitting 'Headlines" in the upper left.

By: grahamwell

grahamwell — Mon, 20 Aug 2007 14:22:25 -0800

The same thing I'm afraid. The whole site is forbidden to me.

By: anotherpanacea

anotherpanacea — Mon, 20 Aug 2007 14:36:17 -0800

Sorry, dude. I'm coming at it on a wireless residential link in another state, so I think it's publicly accessible. To answer your other question, Levine is a researcher and organizer who writes about civic participation and youth engagement. If it matters, he's a Rhodes scholar and the the director of a bunch of fancy-sounding institutes and centers. But for my purposes, he matters because he writes a daily blog that's usually insightful and orthogonal to normal political partisanship. He writes books of fiction, philosophy, and political theory, but unlike most academics, he spends his work time organizing and educating in a way that focuses of citizenship and action. I like that about him.