The separation of church and state is one of many social and political breakthroughs that resulted from the Enlightenment, aka the Age of Reason, in the 17th and 18th Centuries. It forms the cornerstone Americans cherish;; it’s the essential difference …
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Is Civilization Making Progress?
Below is yesterday’s “poem for the day” from Garrison Keillor’s “Writer’s Almanac.” There’s a lot to like here, but one thing that I want to comment on is “Don’t think that progress exists. It doesn’t.” Well, that’s a downer, and …
Tagged with: and the U.S. Constitution, authoritarian governments popping up all around the globe, Magna Carta, rise of tribalism, the abolition of slavery, the Age of Reason, the civil rights movement, The Enlightenment, the French Revolution, the Geneva Convention, the Renaissance, the United Nations, women's suffrage
Is Human Civilization Reversing Course?
Errr…no. This has been a weird little perturbation in the political scene, much like the witch trials in 1692; the phenomenon came and went, and a year later, most people of that place and time couldn’t even explain how it …
Tagged with: civil rights, environmentalism, gay marriage, Magna Carta, the abolition of slavery, the Age of Reason, the end of legal segregation, The Enlightenment, the feminist movement/gender equality, the French Revolution, the Renaissance, the U.S. Constitution, women's suffrage, workers' rights
