But this is the kind of ass-clownery that stems from the fact that all philosophy looks weird when you don't have one.

If you write for the critics, only the critics will read you.

Forests are breaking out all over America. New England has more forests since the Civil War. In 1880, New York State was only 25 percent forested. Today it is more than 66 percent. In 1850, Vermont was only 35 percent forested. Now it's 76 percent forested and rising. In the south, more land is covered by forest than at any time in the last century. In 1936 a study found that 80 percent of piedmont Georgia was without trees. Today nearly 70 percent of the state is forested. In the last decade alone, America has added more than 10 million acres of forestland.

[C]ontemporary liberalism stands on a foundation of assumptions and ideas integral to the larger fascist movement.

Our country, if you read the 'Federalist Papers,' is about disagreement. It's about pitting faction against faction, divided government, checks and balances. The hero in American political tradition is the man who stands up to the mob - not the mob itself.

If we say that anyone who 'moralizes' must be perfect morally then we are in effect saying no one can moralize.

Americans are very smart about the things they care about, and ignorant about the things they don't.