2. THE DUAL REVOLUTIONS AND THE FUNDAMENTALIST BACKLASH

I started a discussion about genetic defects that took a left turn into the politics of the hijab (or covering of women's bodies, whether voluntarily or under compulsion).

Liberal Moonbat just posted The Incoherence of the Philosophers, which referred to Islam's retreat from rationalism in the twelfth century. I wrote about exactly that ten years ago, and the history rhyme is even more obvious today. So, without further ado, here is my version:

The Destruction of Philosophy (February, 2008)

The Powell memorandum told the Republicans to go forth and use ownership of media and industry by the super-rich to change American popular culture from top to bottom — in order to put a stop to the social and political ferment of the Sixties and Seventies, crush the so-called counterculture, and try to make any revival of such developments impossible once and for all.