Joan Bokaer "The Rise of Dominionism." (Theocracy Watch)

This video was produced by Theocracy Watch, an organization dedicated to raising awareness of the inroads that the Religious Right has made into the halls of power in the United States. One might assume that the underlying premise of the Religious Right or any movement in the US having the ability or desire to give American Government theocratic overtones is a bit paranoid. It goes without saying that I view the Religious Right as being a fascist movement that has had only negative effects upon the US, but I will not presume to judge whether or not they are trying to turn the US into a Theocracy. I will, however, cite an observation Noan Chomsky once made. There are currently Religious Fundamentalists (in the broadest sense of the term) make up a much larger percentage of the population of the United States than of the Iranian population.

Juan Enriquez "The Next Species of Human." (TED)

Judgment Day: Intelligent Design on Trial. (Nova)

Whole Big Think Interview with Stephen Fry

Yesterday we posted a portion of this interview. On second thought I became convinced that posting the whole would have been better. So here it is.

Stephen Fry "The Importance of Unbelief" (Big Think)

"500 People Will Control American Democracy" If Supreme Court Overturns Campaign Finance Law (Democracy Now!)

Stephen Resnick "The Business Cycle Explained by Marxian Economics" (From UMass Econ 305 Lecture 17)

For Parts II and III click link below.

Masters of Money: Karl Marx (BBC)

Masters of Money: Friedrich Hayek (BBC)

Masters of Money: John Maynard Keynes (BBC)

Philip Zimbardo "The Lucifer Effect: Understanding How Good People Turn Evil."

Battle for Syria (Journeyman Pictures)

Chaos and Order: A Review

A few months ago, I ran across the blog Chaos and Order (formerly called Philosophy and Madness), and I have been quite impressed with its content. It is produced by a guy by the name of Doug Dobbins and he seems to be a very astute philosopher. As one might assume from the title, its focus is completely different from this blog. An issue frequently arises in Dobbins' posts is the dissonance between the ubiquitous adversarial nature of the world and the need for harmony in society. This is the crux of the human paradox. I would advise anyone to take a look at this blog; it is well worth it.

Gwenyth Todd "Untold Truth: War on Iran." (Press TV)

Richard Heinberg and Tina Clarke "Adapting to the 'New Normal' in the Post Growth Era"