Summary:  Religion has always been a powerful factor in American politics. So it has been, and so it today. Today’s we have an excerpt from the always-interesting Foreign Affairs looking at the Tea Party, IMO the more interesting of the two protest movements that have arisen since America went off the rails in 2001. At …
Summary:  Americans know so little of our past, and much of what we know is wrong. Might this contribute to our difficulties, our inability to see, understand, and grapple with our problems? Here we example some of the worse examples of our hidden history. How much might we benefit by reclaiming our past? A people who …
We have trouble coping with our present because we’ve lost our past Read More »
Religion is seldom discussed on the FM website, but plays an important role in an well-founded society. There are many levels of faith, but there is a foundation on which the edifice can securely rest: collective action against the chaotic forces of nature and man’s nature. As described in Act II of Major Barbara, by …
A note on religion, a faith for our time and every time Read More »
Pro-AGW comments on the FM site often strike me as bizarre. Investigation often — not always — shows them actually  to be bizarre (esp notable examples are here and here). The extraordinary aspect of this lies in the people making these bizarre comments, as they often have long records of knowledgeable and insightful comments on this site. Does adopting …
