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SUMMARY:Exclusive! How Journalists Skewered Big Business in U. S. History—and Why It Mattered at Center for Life Enrichment
DESCRIPTION:Thoughtful Americans have long resented special privilege and foreign domination. For much of U. S. history\, one word—monopoly–symbolized both of these perils. To combat these perils\, journalists —in conjunction with jurists\, government officials\, social scientists\, and business people—have popularized an anti-monopoly vision that has shaped law\, public policy\, and popular culture. This illustrated lecture (with lots of cartoons) surveys the long history of journalistic representations of big business in U S. history. Why is big business so often represented as an octopus? What about “Mr. Money Bags”—the comic figure in the popular board game “Monopoly”? Anti-monopoly is often conflated with the “big is bad” ethos identified with an 1890 law known as the Sherman Act. This is misleading. The journalistic critique of big business in U. S. history is much more capacious. In 1904\, for example\, journalist William Randolph Hearst ran for president on a platform that was anti-trust\, but pro-municipal ownership. The journalistic indictment of big business—in cartoons\, fiction\, and oratory\, as well as the law—offers us a window on one of the most enduring political impulses in American history. In this lecture\, we will not only see how\, but also why\, this indictment mattered in the past\, and how it can help us think more constructively about plutocracy\, health care\, finance\, digital media platforms\, and the “tech-industrial complex” of the present.
URL:https://thelaurelmagazine.com/local-event/exclusive-how-journalists-skewered-big-business-in-u-s-history-and-why-it-mattered-at-center-for-life-enrichment
LOCATION:Center For Life Enrichment\, 348 S 5th St\, Highlands\, NC\, 28741\, United States
CATEGORIES:Community,Education
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SUMMARY:Summer Writing Workshop at Albert Carlton Cashiers Community Library
DESCRIPTION:Beginning on June 5 at 1:00 p.m. and continuing every Thursday until August 28\, ACCCL staff member Michael Redman will lead a writing workshop that is free and open to everyone\, regardless of previous writing experience. \nThe workshop will be a place to be introduced to techniques\, perspectives\, and exercises to help you develop your writing. It will also provide a safe\,welcoming environment for you to share your own thoughts\, ideas\, and questions.
URL:https://thelaurelmagazine.com/local-event/summer-writing-workshop-at-albert-carlton-cashiers-community-library/2025-08-07
LOCATION:Albert-Carlton Community Library\, 249 Frank Allen Rd\, Cashiers\, NC\, 28741\, United States
CATEGORIES:Community,Education
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SUMMARY:Kids Zone at Hudson Library
DESCRIPTION:Kids Zone features a variety of fun and interesting programs where kids can explore art\, nature\, science & more! Best for ages 5 and up.
URL:https://thelaurelmagazine.com/local-event/kids-zone-thursday-afternoons/2025-08-07
LOCATION:Hudson Library\, 554 Main St\, Highlands\, NC\, 28741\, United States
CATEGORIES:Community,Education
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SUMMARY:Zahner Conservation Lecture Series | Finding the Fabulous Ordinary at Highlands Nature Center
DESCRIPTION:Featured Speaker: Georgann Eubanks\, author\, University of North Carolina Press \nNature writer Georgann Eubanks gives us a guidebook to the spectacular seasonal joys of ecosystems in the Southeast. The destinations and events she explores in her latest work are scattered across seven states. They include such wonders as bugling elk in the Smokies\, a half-million purple martins roosting on an island in a South Carolina lake in July\, the bloom of thirty acres of dimpled trout lilies in a remote Georgia forest in February\, and gnat larvae that glow like stars on the rock walls of an obscure Alabama canyon. These magical sites are great destinations to visit with children\, inspiring wonder and the impulse for protection. \nFREE | No registration required
URL:https://thelaurelmagazine.com/local-event/zahner-conservation-lecture-series-finding-the-fabulous-ordinary-at-highlands-nature-center
LOCATION:Highlands Nature Center\, 930 Horse Cove Rd\, Highlands\, NC\, 28741
CATEGORIES:Community,Education
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