by Scott Erickson In my satirical novel Invasion of the Dumb Snatchers, Miles Bennell saves America from intelligence. Of course, the story isn’t just fictional. In real life, all kinds of people are trying to save America from intelligence. This…
I'm copying below, verbatim, an essay I posted 3 May 2012. I've added a few introductory words and an embedded song. “The greatest need of our time is to clean out the enormous mass of mental and emotional rubbish that…
"In this age, the mere example of non-conformity, the mere refusal to bend the knee to custom, is itself a service. Precisely because the tyranny of opinion is such as to make eccentricity a reproach, it is desirable, in order…
I'm re-posting below an essay, verbatim, from 26 August 2007. Consistent with my usual recent pattern, I'm adding a few introductory words and an embedded song. This sweet virginal primitive land will metaphorically breathe a sigh of relief -- like…
"Humanism: an exaltation of freedom, but one limited by our need to exercise it as an integral part of nature and society." ~ John Ralston Saul The Arrogance of Humanism (1978) was written by conservation biologist David W. Ehrenfeld.…
I'm re-posting below an essay, verbatim, from 9 September 2009. Consistent with my usual recent pattern, I'm adding a few introductory words and an embedded song. “That one American farmer can now feed himself and fifty-six other people may be,…
"The individual has always had to struggle to keep from being overwhelmed by the tribe. If you try it, you will be lonely often, and sometimes frightened. But no price is too high to pay for the privilege of owning…