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Whig primary, 1848 - An Available Candidate, The One Qualification for a Whig President

Trump, de Tocqueville, Democracy, Materialism

March 14, 2016 by William Eaton

Many people in Europe believe without saying, or say without believing, that one of the great advantages of universal suffrage is that it calls men worthy of the people’s confidence to take charge of public affairs. The people do not know how to govern themselves, but, it is said, they always want the State to thrive, and they but rarely fail to choose for leaders people who both share this desire and are the most fit to wield political power. […]

Categories: William Eaton, ZiR • Tags: capitalism, corruption, de Tocqueville, democracy, Donald Trump, New York Times, Presidential campaigns, Socrates, United States of America, Yeats

Pop Music (Econ Therapy)

April 30, 2015 by William Eaton

In memoirs published decades later, the Beatles producer George Martin recalls meeting with the band members in 1962 after they auditioned for him and his colleagues. Martin did not think the Beatles’ songs were very good, but, chatting with them afterwards he happened to ask if there was anything that they themselves did not like. To which George Harrison replied: “Well, there’s your tie, for a start.” Legend has it that this was the turning point. Harrison’s impish, gently […]

Categories: William Eaton, ZiR • Tags: Beatles, bossa nova, capitalism, consumerism, João Gilberto, Raymond Williams, Rolling Stones, Yeats

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Welcome to Zeteo, since 2012

Zeteo is for people who are readers, lookers, listeners, thinkers. Increasingly we are interested in short texts that call attention to other texts, works of art or music that deserve more attention than they are getting. And we are interested similarly in historical phenomena, ignored aspects of contemporary life, . . . We look forward to hearing about your ideas, your reading, what you’ve seen . . .

Aaron Botwick
- Reviving Shylock
Adrian Wittenberg
- Identity, Illness, Guillain-Barre
Ana Maria Caballero
- In Favor of Fantasy
claratimsit
- THE VIRUS, MEXICO, POVERTY, DEATH
danielpage49
- Elizabeth Bishop and Howard Moss
Daniel Taub
- The Chosen Comedians
Ed Mooney
- In Poetry Pre-Linguistic?
Emily Sosolik
- Spiritualism, Summerland, Slavery in the Afterlife
fritztucker
- Look Rich or Go Bankrupt Trying
Alexia Raynal
- Narcissism in children
Jennifer Dean
- Storytelling
John Sumser
- Cartier-Bresson, Senior, Trump (Gaps)
Martin Green
- Foreign Meddling, President’s Ego: World War I
Steven A. Burr
- Reading, Violence, Solidarity
sjzeteo2015
- Reading a poem/A poet reading
stewchef
- Culinary Star Wars
Walter Cummins
- Rum and Coca, the Congo and Brazil
William Eaton
- Sue Tilley after Lucian Freud (Art as Conversation)

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