No matter how empty the narrative conservatives choose to salve their wounds of defeat, the unmistakable reality of the 2008 election is that America -- red and blue, young and old, rich and poor -- indeed gave Obama and Democrats an overwhelming and, yes, history-making nod of approval.
In his essay, Archbishop Williams recognized a need for scholars of Christian origins to explore the historical basis for the empty-tomb narratives and other Resurrection stories.
Unfortunately the greatest betrayal of the Dayton Accords may be that it opted for the empty-calorie hate narrative over the legacy of diversity.
The last narrative, "The Empty Chairs," follows Melanie, an expatriate American violinist, as she prepares to play in Harkalyi's premiere amid feelings of being trapped by a stale romance, by Budapest's petty musical politics, by "the polluted fishbowl of expatriate life".
When that ecosystem accepts the dehumanization and inhumane treatment of its constituents, an "anything goes" climate renders its' narrative as empty of humanity.
He once apologised in print to the public, saying that during the holidays he had "caroused".' Indeed, Binyon's book, which is full of narrative and almost empty of detailed literary analysis, seems to want to get as close as possible to the world, the insouciant style, even the bright prose of Pushkin.
Each individual's existence as an autonomous being must constantly be re-affirmed through the story one tells oneself, and the greatest danger is the possibility of losing one's personal narrative and becoming completely empty inside.
For some, she writes, "objections to the possibility of deeply meaningful digital narrative forms" are rooted in "empty expressions of nostalgia for older media artifacts".
Passion is increasingly labeled as mere post hoc storytelling, an empty cliché that makes for a good narrative.
It's important to resist seeing the feminism narrative only in glass-half-empty terms.
