The Return of Fridaystein

The safeguards installed by the Founders [have been] undermined, abrogated, annulled, ignored and repealed to make way for laws and practices based upon the real beliefs of the majority of Americans: fear, hate, superstition, intolerance, greed, violence, control-freakishness, lust for power, and, above all, prudishness.  –  “Successor”

I see history as a continuously-unfolding process stretching into the far future rather than as a collection of moldering facts about the dead past.
–  “Divided We Stand”

Queer bigots are the most revolting bigots because theoretically they should know better.
–  “These Kids Today”

Nations and empires are as mortal as the humans who build them, if somewhat longer-lived; and despite the childish beliefs of many Americans, the US is not an exception.  –  “Post-Imperial“