Tuesday, August 30, 2005
Cannon Fodder
"In the United States, the battlefront is in the schools, on the question of evolution and creationism," writes William F. Buckley in a commentary in National Review Online.
Too bad, these right-wingers are using our kids for cannon fodder in this cynical battle in a culture war that aims to turn back the clock to pre-Enlightenment times.
Is there really any substantive difference between the Muslim fundamentalists who demand a return to the Caliphate and Sharia Law, and Christian fundamentalists who want to return to the "Dark Ages" and Mosaic Law?
Too bad, these right-wingers are using our kids for cannon fodder in this cynical battle in a culture war that aims to turn back the clock to pre-Enlightenment times.
Is there really any substantive difference between the Muslim fundamentalists who demand a return to the Caliphate and Sharia Law, and Christian fundamentalists who want to return to the "Dark Ages" and Mosaic Law?
