MARK TWAIN’S TEN LESSONS FOR A HEALTHY DEMOCRACY, KEEPING THE REPUBLIC with Don Bliss and Steve Courtney
MARK TWAIN’S TEN LESSONS FOR A HEALTHY DEMOCRACY, KEEPING THE REPUBLIC with Don Bliss and Steve Courtney
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Thursday, October 6, 2022
7:00 PM EST
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Don Bliss, in conversation with Steve Courtney, will explore Twain’s articulation of various threats to democracy—among them voter apathy and the lack of civic education, elected representatives who put loyalty to political party above loyalty to country, the influence of money in politics and the legislative process, the abuse of executive power, and human nature’s drift toward autocracy.
Programs at The Mark Twain House & Museum are made possible in part by support from CT Humanities; the Connecticut Department of Economic and Community Development, Office of the Arts; Ensworth Charitable Foundation, Bank of America, N.A., Trustee; the Greater Hartford Arts Council’s United Arts Campaign; The Hartford; The Mark Twain Foundation; The National Endowment for the Humanities; and Travelers.
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One Night Only: October 6, 2022