A Good Laugh

BySkip Moen, Ph.D.

After I posted my opinion about the re-election of Obama, I started getting emails from outside the community.  Most were courteous disagreement, although more than one called me a racist.  But one in particular came from a Ph.D. Hispanic Cuban immigrant who said he went to seminary and taught history for 30 years at a…

The Re-election of Obama

BySkip Moen, Ph.D.

While I don’t usually talk about politics because my non-profit status prohibits it, it seems to me that the re-election of Obama marks a watershed in the American culture.  I can’t help but notice the historical precedent.  Alexander Tyler wrote about the Athenian Empire nearly 2500 years ago, “A democracy cannot exist as a permanent form of…