1.0 link 6415 <![CDATA[Intelligent Design and the Quest for a Survivable Spirituality]]> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jaron-lanier/intelligent-design-and-th_b_6415.html Politics in America will get more and more pathetic unless and until rationality and the natural world, as it is understood by science, get some respect.

The anti-intellectual tradition in America is part of the cultural bedrock supporting right wing power, but the Left also has a version of it. The corresponding phenomenon on the Left is New Age sentimentality. If you believe in what makes you feel good, then you'll believe whoever makes you feel good. You might vote...

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