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This is a series of musings, on the theme, "What's Spiritually Wrong With America." The series will be published in installments here. In subsequent installments, whatever is new will be in bold, while the earlier installment(s) will be in lighter font. "When the most powerful nation in the world abandons the principles that require a prisoner to receive a fair trial and hearing within a reasonable time all of us might note that what happens to them today may happen to us tomorrow.” To which I responded: Yes, the nature of the forces behind this Bushite regime is that there is no limit to how much power they would seek, no point at which they would not push toward complete power. So there is no truce line between allowing their violation of the detainees rights and their marching further and violating ours. You are right. The battle must be fought, and quite likely it is better to fight it sooner rather than later. So why does America not more forcefully confront this regime? What is the spiritual defect that could explain this failure?
Andrew Bard Schmookler's website www.nonesoblind.org is devoted to understanding the roots of America's present moral crisis and the means by which the urgent challenge of this dangerous moment can be met. Dr. Schmookler is also the author of such books as The Parable of the Tribes: The Problem of Power in Social Evolution (SUNY Press) and Debating the Good Society: A Quest to Bridge America's Moral Divide (M.I.T. Press). He also conducts regular talk-radio conversations in both red and blue states.
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