This work illuminates, identifies, and characterizes the influences and expressions of Bob Dylan's Political World throughout his life and career. An approach nearly as unique as the singer himself, the authors attempt to remove Dylan from the typical Left/Right paradigm and place him into a broader and deeper context.

This work illuminates, identifies, and characterizes the influences and expressions of Bob Dylan's Political World throughout his life and career. An approach nearly as unique as the singer himself, the authors attempt to remove Dylan from the typical Left/Right paradigm and place him into a broader and deeper context.

One of the last two commercial space exploration companies lies on the edge of ruin, its CEO murdered under questionable circumstances. A gifted young detective searches for the one woman who can lead him to the beautiful red-headed assassin responsible; an assassin whose sole purpose in life is to liberate her anarchist husband from a cold lunar prison. A deadly explosion in a suburban San Francisco neighborhood and a daring prison rescue will force them to become unwitting participants in the fight to form humanity's first permanent lunar nation.

Dreams do still come true. It happened to Jeff Taylor, who ventured thousands of miles from Texas to China to greet an immeasurable treasure that awaited him-a tiny daughter who would soon take possession of his entire heart. In his memoir "Little Rain Drop, " Taylor shares the events, emotions, and experiences that accompanied his pilgrimage through international adoption and first-time fatherhood.

With candid emotion, a bit of humor, and wide-eyed wonder, Taylor begins by chronicling his life before adoption, including a battle with infertility, and continues by narrating his poignant journey across the ocean that would culminate in connecting two families and the arrival of his daughter to his home. As he details the emotions, courage, obstacles, and joy that he and his wife Debbie experienced throughout their journey to parenthood, he shares a story of love, hope, and a glimpse at God's providence.

While providing details beneficial to any couple considering international adoption, Taylor offers a powerful glimpse into the deep emotions that accompany a journey that began with heartache and longing and ended with the realization that the most profound desires of the heart always live on.

Dreams do still come true. It happened to Jeff Taylor, who ventured thousands of miles from Texas to China to greet an immeasurable treasure that awaited him-a tiny daughter who would soon take possession of his entire heart. In his memoir "Little Rain Drop, " Taylor shares the events, emotions, and experiences that accompanied his pilgrimage through international adoption and first-time fatherhood.

With candid emotion, a bit of humor, and wide-eyed wonder, Taylor begins by chronicling his life before adoption, including a battle with infertility, and continues by narrating his poignant journey across the ocean that would culminate in connecting two families and the arrival of his daughter to his home. As he details the emotions, courage, obstacles, and joy that he and his wife Debbie experienced throughout their journey to parenthood, he shares a story of love, hope, and a glimpse at God's providence.

While providing details beneficial to any couple considering international adoption, Taylor offers a powerful glimpse into the deep emotions that accompany a journey that began with heartache and longing and ended with the realization that the most profound desires of the heart always live on.

Featuring a foreword by Congressman Glen Browder, Politics on a Human Scale examines political decentralization in the United States, from the founding of the republic to the present. Part of the desirable equilibrium is a sense of proportionality. Some sizes, some amounts, some levels are more appropriate than others. Decentralism is the best political tool to ensure equilibrium, to promote proportionality, and to obtain appropriate scale. Power distribution should be as wide as possible. Government functions should be as close to the people as practicable. In this way, individual human beings are not swallowed by a monstrous Leviathan. Persons are not at the mercy of an impersonal bureaucracy led by the far-away few. Decentralism gives us politics on a human scale. It gives us more democracy within the framework of a republic. The longest chapters in the book deal with crucial turning points in U.S. history-specifically, when decentralists lost the upper-hand in the two major political parties. Decentralism in our nation runs deep, both intellectually and historically. It also has considerable popular support. Yet today it is a virtual political orphan. In Washington, neither major political party is serious about dispersing power to lower levels of government or to the people themselves. Still, there are dissident politicians and political movements that remain committed to the decentralist principle. Power needs to be held in check, partly through decentralization, because power holds a great and dangerous attraction for humans. Recognition of this human tendency is the first step in guarding against it and getting back on a better path.

Featuring a foreword by Congressman Glen Browder, Politics on a Human Scale examines political decentralization in the United States, from the founding of the republic to the present. Part of the desirable equilibrium is a sense of proportionality. Some sizes, some amounts, some levels are more appropriate than others. Decentralism is the best political tool to ensure equilibrium, to promote proportionality, and to obtain appropriate scale. Power distribution should be as wide as possible. Government functions should be as close to the people as practicable. In this way, individual human beings are not swallowed by a monstrous Leviathan. Persons are not at the mercy of an impersonal bureaucracy led by the far-away few. Decentralism gives us politics on a human scale. It gives us more democracy within the framework of a republic. The longest chapters in the book deal with crucial turning points in U.S. history-specifically, when decentralists lost the upper-hand in the two major political parties. Decentralism in our nation runs deep, both intellectually and historically. It also has considerable popular support. Yet today it is a virtual political orphan. In Washington, neither major political party is serious about dispersing power to lower levels of government or to the people themselves. Still, there are dissident politicians and political movements that remain committed to the decentralist principle. Power needs to be held in check, partly through decentralization, because power holds a great and dangerous attraction for humans. Recognition of this human tendency is the first step in guarding against it and getting back on a better path.

This unique guide features hikes in Tuscan Hill Country, the mountains of the Alpi Apuane, the Cinque Terre and Ligurian Coast, and the Northern and Central Apennines. Includes helpful information about weather, best times to visit, how to drive and get around in Italy, suggested camping and lodging establishments for overnight hikes and great eating and local customs, as well as a list of English-Italian translations of relevant hiking and navigating terms to ensure trouble-free traveling between destinations. Hikes vary in difficulty and are accompanied by directions to the trailhead, a detailed map, hiking time and distance, beautiful photographs, and fascinating commentary on the natural, historical, and cultural wonders you'll encounter along the way.

It doesn't take a pundit to recognize that the Democratic Party has changed. With frustrating losses in the last two national elections and the erosion of its traditional base, the party of Jefferson and Jackson has become something neither would recognize. In this intriguing book, Jeff Taylor looks beyond the shortcomings of individual candidates to focus on the party's real problem: its very philosophical underpinnings have changed in ways that turn off many Americans. Rank-and-file party members may still hold to traditional views, but Taylor argues that those who finance, manage, and represent the party at the national level have become nothing less than Hamiltonian elitists - a stance that flies in the face of the party's bedrock Jeffersonian principles. ""Where Did the Party Go?"" is a prodigious work of scholarship that converts extensive research into an accessible book. Taylor offers up a unique twelve-point model of Jefferson's thought - as relevant to our time as to his - and uses it to appraise competing views of liberalism in the party during two key eras. Bypassing the well-worn assessments of high-profile Democratic presidents, he shows instead how liberalism from 1885 to 1925 was distinctly Jeffersonian as exemplified by the populism of William Jennings Bryan, while from 1938 to 1978 it became largely elitist under national leaders such as Hubert Humphrey who embraced a centralized state and economy, as well as imperial intervention abroad. In the first book to look closely at the ideologies of these two midwestern liberals, Taylor chronicles Bryan's battles with the conservative wing of the party - putting today's conflicts in sharp historical perspective - and then tells how Humphrey followed those who rejected Jeffersonian principles. By demonstrating how Jefferson's legacy has gradually weakened, Taylor clearly shows why the party has lost its place in Middle America and how its transformation has led to widespread confusion. His provocative look at the post-Humphrey era considers why so many of today's voters on both Left and Right agree on issues like economic policy, foreign relations, and political reform - united against elitists of the Center while rarely recognizing their common kinship in Jeffersonian ideals. If party leaders have wondered where their traditional supporters have gone, they might well consider that those very voters have asked what became of the party they once knew. As the Democrats look ahead to 2008, Taylor's book will force many to question where the party of Jefferson has gone...and whether it can ever come back.