Did the Germans Win the War?
I recently read the book, Martin Bormann: Nazi in Exile. The picture it paints of our present reality is disturbing but convincing. It's convincing because the world behaves like the Germans won the war.
Harvey on Class Nation and Nationalism
This article presents the views of Professor David Harvey on class, nation and nationalism. Harvey's recent video, published by Politics in Motion, touches on an important element of the Pinker-Mearsheimer debate about the Enlightenment.
Debating the Enlightenment and its Alternatives
This is a summary and critique of a debate hosted by the Institute of Art and Ideas. In the videos cited below, Steven Pinker and John Mearsheimer debate the Enlightenment and its alternatives. The subtitle is, Which ideals are the best guide to human betterment?
Political Zionism is an Anachronism
Morris Jastrow wrote in 1919 that Israel is a 'glorified ghetto'. When you think about it, the conditions of Jewish life before the Enlightenment have been perfectly reproduced in Palestine.
Bolsonaro Challenges God to Oust Him
Jair Bolsonaro of Brazil is one of the men who have stepped up to bristle and bar their teeth at the new sane direction the world is heading. If saying…
What is the Apocalypse to Us?
It’s one thing to criticize those who justify a war by using hazy apocalyptic thinking. It’s another thing to act as though the Book of Revelation is not part of…
American Religion and the Iraq War
Considering the un-peaceful tendencies in the Christian religion is it logical for a Christian to work for a peaceful future? The belief in the apocalyptic end of the world seems…
Agribusiness Meets Reality
If our goal is to support the projected number of people, our first priority should be food and water. However, current policy-makers are oblivious to this need.
If Female Ordination is the Answer What’s the Question?
The female ordination faction is killing me. I wrote the last article to clarify the one before it but I think I made it worse. I was trying to say…
Neocons Erased George Kennan
Unfortunately Kennan tried but never succeeded in living down his famous ‘X Article’ in which he said ominous things about the Soviet Union. But when he talked about containment, he thought he was recommending the political containment of a political threat, not some ‘doctrine’ of perpetual military containment.