Contents

• The U.S.A. Patriot Act vs. the U.S. Constitution
• September 11 : a golden opportunity for Bush II conservatives
• Lessons about terrorism the government never learns
• When is danger clear and present?
• Can the homeland ever be secure?
• The right to vote, the right to have it count
• Do you already live in an authoritarian state?
• Escape from authoritarianism
• Our religious sea change
• Holier than thou
• Religious war without end : the church crosses the state line
• How silent must prayer be?
• Faith, science, and rationality
• The business of hunger
• FDR’s economic bill of rights
• The haves and the have-nots
• The national health
• Who decides who gets freedom from want?
• The United States goes to war for power, peace, and profit. Subverts constitutional government. And makes Americans fearful