When Rome burned under Nero, the cry was "The Christians must have set the fires."  This time it is our Rome that is burning.  But this time the cry is, "The Christians are trying to drown us."

As in the days of Babylon on the plain of Shinar, men have begun to murmur among themselves, “Come, let us build ourselves a city, and a tower with its top in the heavens, and let us make a name for ourselves.”

Statistics can so easily be manipulated to give misleading impressions that a famous little book is titled How to Lie With Statistics.  The author wrote it in 1954.  My economics professor assigned it in 1971.  It’s still in print.

Again, it is possible to fail in many ways, while to succeed is possible only in one way.  – Aristotle.

This reader hails from down under.  Although it’s student letter day, I’m not certain that she is a student -- but I do think students will enjoy her question.

Question:

“In my experience, university-educated people believe that staying within the protocols of consent and good intentions absolves a person of moral responsibility for any suffering they might inflict in their personal lives.  ‘Who have you hurt without meaning to?’ is a hard question for anyone to answer honestly, but decadence makes it harder.”

Considering how many years ago the Puritan tribe died out, why do Liberals still take the trouble to bash them?  They do it because they are so much like them; they aspire to the same place in society.