All Posts Tagged With: "Southern California wildfires"
Wildfires and State-Worship
Whenever wars or other tragedies rage, so too rage those who worship at the altar of government. In his World War I-era essay, “War Is the Health of the State,” writer Randolph Bourne argued that during peaceful times people concern themselves mostly with their own business, but that during war everything changes. “To most Americans [...]
1Jan2008 | Steven Greenhut | 1 comment | Continued-
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