Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource TomPaine.com Stories Description An account of the resource TomPaine.com -- a liberal advocacy organization -- distributed a public call on August 12, 2002 for 300 word "opinion advertisement" similar to those that the organization had been running regularly in the op-ed page of The New York Times. TomPaine.com received hundreds of submissions from the public, most of which the September 11 Digital Archive has preserved here. TomPaine Story TomPaine Story: Story Toward A More Perfect Union Arrogance is a relative term. Dictionaries go on about the state of being this or that, but arrogance is wholly subjective. There is no objective state of affairs wherein claims of success are measured against reality to determine ones guilt. Arrogance is not an absolute. It lives in the eyes of others. It exists solely in the realm of subjective judgment. This is the most important lesson we have learned as a nation since September. We know that by any objective or subjective measure the US is the worlds most powerful nation. Unrivaled as a military or economic power, our social institutions are the envy of the world, and along with the rest of the West, we exert a cultural influence unknown since Pax Romana. What reason could we have to think we should not be running the whole show? There are so many things we might do to help - so much collective wisdom we might pass on to those who need it most. With countless nations struggling to develop stable political and social institutions, and still more who find it difficult to move out of the dark ages and into the 21st century, surely even the most ardent cultural-relativist would admit that our story is a must read for the up-and-coming nation-state. But charges of arrogance place the burden of proof on the defendant. We are thus faced with validating of our claims to leadership while exerting the unsubtle day to day influence of an unopposed superpower. There is no place to hide. The world is looking on in anticipation - not only for what we will do, but how we will do it. Charges of arrogance are inevitable ñ but will they be justified, or will we face them with the quiet confidence bred only from success? Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource tp159.xml 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. Status The process status of this item. approved Consent Whether September 11 Digital Archive has permission to possess this item. full Posting Whether the contributor gave permission to post this item. yes Copyright Whether the contributor holds copyright to this item. yes Source The source of this item. born-digital Media Type The media type of this item. story Created by Author Whether the author created this item. yes Described by Author Whether the description of this item was submitted by the author. no Date Entered The date this item was entered into the archive. 2003-03-03