Samantha Power's memoir is amazing in so many ways. Right now I'm reading about her and Obama's response to the Ebola outbreak. Seems quite different than our current president. Anyway, she mentioned FDR's 4 freedoms. I was not familiar with that. Norman Rockwell has 4 famous painting demonstrating those 4 freedoms. I'm learning so much from this book about how government works, and the history of America and the world.
Here are some things I like about The Education of an Idealist:
A woman breast feeding while doing important things.
The fierce desire to preserve human life.
The willingness to do whatever: be a journalist, learn a language, go to law school, work on a campaign, move all over the USA, juggle marriage and family, to learn how to talk in a confirmation hearing, learning how to talk to journalists.
She discusses the impact of various photos on her image, and how others would skew her image and words to suit their own purposes.
She discussed her learning process based on her personality.
She loves sports.
We get to see the inner workings of the US government from many different angles.
Learned about genocides around the world.
Her commitment to good consequences and what works.
Her willingness to look for all kinds of solutions to difficult problems.
Her hard work and the fact that often it was close to futile.
Quixotic appreciations but no loss of purpose.
The largeness of her perspectives.
Her travels in the world.
Her impressions of famous people.
She works hard to get complicated ideas expressed well.
Here are some things I like about The Education of an Idealist:
A woman breast feeding while doing important things.
The fierce desire to preserve human life.
The willingness to do whatever: be a journalist, learn a language, go to law school, work on a campaign, move all over the USA, juggle marriage and family, to learn how to talk in a confirmation hearing, learning how to talk to journalists.
She discusses the impact of various photos on her image, and how others would skew her image and words to suit their own purposes.
She discussed her learning process based on her personality.
She loves sports.
We get to see the inner workings of the US government from many different angles.
Learned about genocides around the world.
Her commitment to good consequences and what works.
Her willingness to look for all kinds of solutions to difficult problems.
Her hard work and the fact that often it was close to futile.
Quixotic appreciations but no loss of purpose.
The largeness of her perspectives.
Her travels in the world.
Her impressions of famous people.
She works hard to get complicated ideas expressed well.
She discusses difficult decisions in the context of her family.
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