We have created not a Brave New World, but a vulgar marketplace, where human attributes come with a price tag.

Back in the day, a pair of tight jeans was enough to earn a girl a bad reputation. Now slutty has gone Main Street.

For generations, even many otherwise decent white Southerners learned to despise black people.

We have created not a Brave New World, but a vulgar marketplace, where human attributes come with a price tag.

Neither the wording of the amendment itself nor common practice challenged the widely held belief that government guaranteed freedom of religion, not freedom from religion.

Their prejudice allowed white Southerners to look the other way when blacks were denied their most basic human rights, and it encouraged the worst of them to engage in unspeakable acts of cruelty and violence.

The U.S. has already suffered a devastating attack on September 11, 2001, and may again become a target.