Orson Scott Card has become the latest icon in the culture war. DC hired Card to write Superman comics. The Left protested Card’s right-wing views (especially his anti-gay stance). DC fired Card. Conservatives protest this economic sanction due to non-job-related personal opinions (like Scientific American firing a writer for his Christian views). See the details …
Orson Scott Card and the Dark Side of “Ender’s Game” Read More »
Summary:Â Perhaps the most difficult aspect of the future is to convey the fantastic range of possibilities. Peoples’ minds rebel even at scenarios which are mundane, even likely, from a historical perspective. Let’s open our minds for a minute, and contemplate the possibility that what happened in the recent past can happen again — no …
Voices from the past describe the coming New America Read More »
Summary: When Americans demand accuracy from their reliable sources, reform will become possible for America. The Left cannot correct the Right on this flaw, nor vice versa. So long as we (Left and Right) accept lies from our friends and fellow partisans, then our leaders will lead us by lies. So long as we remain …
But Hitler confiscated guns, leaving Germans helpless! Read More »
Introduction: This is another in a series of dashed off speculative opinions. Normal procedure on the FM website for these topics would be 3 thousand word posts, supported by dozens of links. I dont’ have the time to finish them, and too many of these outlines have accumulated in my drafts file. Perhaps these will spark useful debate …
A lesson from the Weimar Republic about balancing the budget Read More »
Sometimes history does more than rhyme. It repeats because the structures of our government produces consistent outcomes, like McDonald’s produces fries. Here is an essay from the past as apt today as when it was written. In know of very few Americans as yet who have really confronted that question closely. And I think it …
Another note from our past, helping us see our future Read More »
