THE NEW ENLIGHTENMENTtag:typepad.com,2003:weblog-3635392007-11-15T06:50:17-08:00
The Renaissance provided the key to unlock the door to free the human mind. The Enlightenment opened the door and armed that free mind with reason. What followed was the making of life on earth progressively more wonderful. It was like watching popcorn pop. However, the dark forces of anti-reason gathered like a plague throughout Europe and leapt to America to end the Enlightenment, and the dark forces prevailed through the 20th century right down to today. But, their time is up. A new Enlightenment has begun, releasing the power of the human being to follow his reason and never letting the dark forces prevail again. Our job is to be a part of that new Enlightenment, which is just about the most exciting thing we have ever done.
CAUTION: You can run from reality, try to hide from reality, try to fake reality, and try to make reality be what it is not--BUT REALITY ALWAYS WINS IN THE END.
Email us: THE NEW ENLIGHTENMENTTypePadNOTICEtag:typepad.com,2003:post-415949522007-11-15T06:50:17-08:002007-11-15T06:50:17-08:00Health issues continue to interfere with our activity and will do so for a while longer. These blogs will remain active, but active-in-slow-motion, until we can get back in the saddle again.George Mason http://sixthcolumn.typepad.com/the_new_enlightenment/2007/11/notice.htmlThe Christian Right’s Suicide Missiontag:typepad.com,2003:post-399002522007-10-07T16:12:12-07:002007-10-07T16:12:12-07:00The antidote to Islam and to the cultural disintegration spawned by the ideas of modern liberalism is NOT Christianity. If the Republicans and those who make up the dogmatic section of the Right want political power again, they had better...George Mason http://sixthcolumn.typepad.com/the_new_enlightenment/2007/10/the-christian-r.htmlMichael Vick and Abu Ghraibtag:typepad.com,2003:post-381105492007-08-26T09:10:21-07:002007-08-26T09:10:21-07:00Michael Vick, big time quarterback in the National Football League, has plea-bargained himself into minor punishment by confessing to interstate trafficking in dog fighting. The evidence suggests much, much more that Vick did, but the prosecutors settled for this plea....George Mason http://sixthcolumn.typepad.com/the_new_enlightenment/2007/08/michael-vick-an.htmlMICHAEL MEDVED DECLARES WAR ON—CHRISTOPHER HITCHENStag:typepad.com,2003:post-364788442007-07-18T10:16:16-07:002007-07-18T10:16:16-07:00It seems like a likely date for the beginning of the war was the day that Christopher Hitchens’ book, god is not great: How religion spoils everything (see our review) was published. The actual battling began 11 July 2007, when...George Mason http://sixthcolumn.typepad.com/the_new_enlightenment/2007/07/michael-medved-.htmlOur Irregularitytag:typepad.com,2003:post-366202702007-07-18T10:00:01-07:002007-07-18T10:00:01-07:00A number of factors are in control of our writings and publishing, including a few health issues. We will probably remain sporadic across the summer.George Mason http://sixthcolumn.typepad.com/the_new_enlightenment/2007/07/our-irregularit.html4 July 2007tag:typepad.com,2003:post-359687182007-07-02T20:56:23-07:002007-07-02T20:56:23-07:00As we barrel down on 4 July, we need to give ourselves a reprieve from all the sordid news of the day, all the sordid newsmakers, and all the sordid news presenters. We need some good stuff, like the following....George Mason http://sixthcolumn.typepad.com/the_new_enlightenment/2007/07/4-july-2007.htmlREVIEW: god is not Greattag:typepad.com,2003:post-353415082007-06-14T16:11:26-07:002007-06-14T16:11:26-07:00[Hitchens, Christopher: god is not Great, How religion poisons everything; Twelve, Hachete Book Group USA, NY; 2007; ISBN-13 = 978-0-446-57980 and ISBN-10 = 0-446-57980-7] The publisher's summary states that this book is "A case against religion and a description of...George Mason http://sixthcolumn.typepad.com/the_new_enlightenment/2007/06/review_god_is_n.htmlAre These Still Medieval Times?tag:typepad.com,2003:post-351268822007-06-09T16:44:20-07:002007-06-09T16:44:20-07:00Seeing a recent article in NewsMax reminded me a bit of Rush Limbaugh's comment about himself--that he keeps half his brain tied behind his back just to make everything fair for everyone else. In this article, too much of America's...George Mason http://sixthcolumn.typepad.com/the_new_enlightenment/2007/06/are_these_still.htmlREVIEW: Letter to a Christian Nationtag:typepad.com,2003:post-343377662007-05-24T08:18:40-07:002007-05-24T08:18:40-07:00[Letter to a Christian Nation; by Sam Harris; Knopf, NY; 2006; ISBN 0-307-26577-3] Sam Harris became well-known a couple of years ago following the publication of his first book The End of Faith (TEOF), his politically incorrect critique of all...George Mason http://sixthcolumn.typepad.com/the_new_enlightenment/2007/05/review_letter_t.htmlWhy Iraq's So Hard by Ralph Peterstag:typepad.com,2003:post-340296322007-05-14T07:51:19-07:002007-05-14T07:51:19-07:00WHY IRAQ'S SO HARD By RALPH PETERS May 14, 2007 -- May 14, 2007 -- WE sent the world's best military. We spent an enormous amount of money. We "stayed the course." And now it's an open question as to...George Mason http://sixthcolumn.typepad.com/the_new_enlightenment/2007/05/why_iraqs_so_ha.htmlFox News Is Also Clawing Its Way to the Bottomtag:typepad.com,2003:post-339208582007-05-10T17:54:14-07:002007-05-10T17:54:14-07:00Of course, the following are only impressions I have gathered and have no scientific basis. Still, I am impressed over and over that Fox News and every one of its personalities are in a death spiral. The network has been...George Mason http://sixthcolumn.typepad.com/the_new_enlightenment/2007/05/fox_news_is_als.htmlWhen Christians Act Like Muslims,tag:typepad.com,2003:post-338955962007-05-10T07:00:48-07:002007-05-10T07:00:48-07:00The title to this article has a comma at the end because the title has so many possible endings. In this case, it chides Christians for behaving far too much, far too often like Muslims. Case in point: This is...George Mason http://sixthcolumn.typepad.com/the_new_enlightenment/2007/05/when_christians.htmlAtlas Shrugged at 50--and Metag:typepad.com,2003:post-338592102007-05-09T09:00:50-07:002007-05-09T09:00:50-07:00In 1957, when Ayn Rand's monumental and novel novel Atlas Shrugged was published, I was a sophomore in college, majoring in chemistry. I had voluntarily cut myself off from the "outside," including literary awareness. Sputnik got my attention. Atlas Shrugged...George Mason http://sixthcolumn.typepad.com/the_new_enlightenment/2007/05/atlas_shrugged_.htmlSome Good Quotes That Have Been Collecting Uptag:typepad.com,2003:post-337057222007-05-05T17:23:28-07:002007-05-05T17:23:28-07:00I stand in awe of those who went before us shouldering fabulous minds. Here are some of the best that have been collecting on my desktop. The Patriot Post, Founders Quote Daily sends out a daily quote, and these are...George Mason http://sixthcolumn.typepad.com/the_new_enlightenment/2007/05/some_good_quote.htmlListen to the Man from the Futuretag:typepad.com,2003:post-335722722007-05-02T08:37:31-07:002007-05-02T08:37:31-07:00[Some time in 2006, I bought a book on closeout sale from a popular book service and read it at the time. It was an uncommonly thrilling read, and I intended to review it. However, life demands intervened, and I...George Mason http://sixthcolumn.typepad.com/the_new_enlightenment/2007/05/listen_to_the_m.htmlThe Religious Right's Culture of Living Deathtag:typepad.com,2003:post-332847082007-04-24T16:55:37-07:002007-04-24T16:55:37-07:00(This op-ed came from the Ayn Rand Institute, written by Alex Epstein) Applauding the Supreme Court's decision to uphold a ban on so-called partial birth abortions, President Bush called it a victory for "building a culture of life in America."...George Mason http://sixthcolumn.typepad.com/the_new_enlightenment/2007/04/the_religious_r.htmlInfantilizationtag:typepad.com,2003:post-331907382007-04-22T11:24:43-07:002007-04-22T11:24:43-07:00During my lifetime, many Americans have become crippled as a result of infantilization. Infantilization came from families, schools, communities, all the way up to national government. "Infantilization" refers to the process which abrogates self-responsibility. Several other not-being-responsible-for-self processes stepped into...George Mason http://sixthcolumn.typepad.com/the_new_enlightenment/2007/04/infantilization.htmlHow Al Gore is Ruining Opera tag:typepad.com,2003:post-329801362007-04-16T16:52:44-07:002007-04-16T16:52:44-07:00Just as FDR established the CCC, the Civilian Conservation Corps, so Al Gore has established his own special corps, the GGG. GGG means Gore's Gullible Goons. It is just amazing how much Kool-Aid he can pour and how much the...George Mason http://sixthcolumn.typepad.com/the_new_enlightenment/2007/04/just_as_fdr_est.htmlNEW ON 6TH COLUMN AGAINST JIHADtag:typepad.com,2003:post-329100042007-04-14T17:27:11-07:002007-04-14T17:27:11-07:006th Column Against Jihad From the Editor, EDITORIAL: Thanks, Emily, I Needed That From George Mason, REVIEW: Because They Hate; REVIEW: Infidel; Meeting the Man from CAIR "From Great Britain to Least Britain," on Graphics From No Sharia, Islamization of...George Mason http://sixthcolumn.typepad.com/the_new_enlightenment/2007/04/new_on_6th_colu.htmlBefore They Cut Your Tongue Outtag:typepad.com,2003:post-328359842007-04-12T15:39:04-07:002007-04-12T15:39:04-07:00C'mon, Sheeple, rise up and strike them down before they cut out your tongue and do a laryngectomy. I am talking about the coalescing forces marching inexorably, and without opposition right now, toward silencing you, me, and anyone else who...George Mason http://sixthcolumn.typepad.com/the_new_enlightenment/2007/04/before_they_cut.htmlGetting Stuck on Stupidtag:typepad.com,2003:post-327704662007-04-11T12:26:11-07:002007-04-11T12:26:11-07:00Lately the input of material to write about has come in faster than manageable for the website and the blogs. Please contact me if you have a used cloner for sale. The latest is a set of "news" items from...George Mason http://sixthcolumn.typepad.com/the_new_enlightenment/2007/04/getting_stuck_o.htmlThe Great "Hockey Stick" Capertag:typepad.com,2003:post-319064902007-03-20T14:30:35-07:002007-03-20T14:30:35-07:00Yes, the "war on terror" is terribly important. So is illegal immigration, federal over-spending, and several other issues. However, some things are being done about these, not necessarily effectively, but being worked on. The one "sleeper" issue coiling to strike...George Mason http://sixthcolumn.typepad.com/the_new_enlightenment/2007/03/the_great_hocke.html REVIEW: The Politically Incorrect Guide to Global Warming and Environmentalismtag:typepad.com,2003:post-315859602007-03-13T09:27:24-07:002007-03-13T09:27:24-07:00A few minutes ago, I caught the last of a Fox News Channel interview with Dr. Timothy Ball. Dr. Ball has been receiving DEATH THREATS because he chooses to be scientific about climate and not spew the dogmatism of alarmists....George Mason http://sixthcolumn.typepad.com/the_new_enlightenment/2007/03/review_the_poli.htmlThe Cavuto-Stattag:typepad.com,2003:post-315853282007-03-13T08:48:15-07:002007-03-13T08:48:15-07:00There are four, business- and finance-oriented, one-half hour programs each Saturday morning which I seldom miss. They are on the Fox New Channel, under the umbrella title of "The Price of Freedom," and each of the four has its regular...George Mason http://sixthcolumn.typepad.com/the_new_enlightenment/2007/03/the_cavutostat.htmlThe Objective Standardtag:typepad.com,2003:post-313611842007-03-08T12:18:17-08:002007-03-08T12:18:17-08:00There is NOTHING more important to you and your life than that body of ideas you hold that make up your own personal philosophy. You are human, which means that your means of survival is your mind, and it operates...George Mason http://sixthcolumn.typepad.com/the_new_enlightenment/2007/03/the_objective_s.htmlThe Recipetag:typepad.com,2003:post-313605462007-03-08T12:03:01-08:002007-03-08T12:03:01-08:00Courtesy of Cox and ForkumGeorge Mason http://sixthcolumn.typepad.com/the_new_enlightenment/2007/03/the_recipe.htmlEnviro-Nitwit Day Comingtag:typepad.com,2003:post-313559502007-03-08T10:07:41-08:002007-03-08T10:07:41-08:00Humans succumbing to emotional contagions are not a pretty sight, nor an admirable one. The spectacle resembles the sight of sheep being herded by a wolf-in-drag, i.e., a dog, or a school of fish darting here and there just to...George Mason http://sixthcolumn.typepad.com/the_new_enlightenment/2007/03/environitwit_da.htmlCommunism in a Seattle Schooltag:typepad.com,2003:post-311748642007-03-04T11:35:43-08:002007-03-04T11:35:43-08:00Talking about "communism in a Seattle school" should be as shocking as talking about Islam in a madrassa. Seattle is San Francisco North. Bad stuff goes on all the time in Seattle schools and in a number of other places...George Mason http://sixthcolumn.typepad.com/the_new_enlightenment/2007/03/communism_in_a_.htmlThe Stock Market is Falling!tag:typepad.com,2003:post-310207122007-02-28T10:33:32-08:002007-02-28T10:33:32-08:00As the news of the China stock market drop of some 10% went out to the world from the BBC night before last, by the time of the USA morning news, the NYSE, et al, had tumbled. Great consternation descended...George Mason http://sixthcolumn.typepad.com/the_new_enlightenment/2007/02/the_stock_marke.htmlPlus Ça (Climate) Changetag:typepad.com,2003:post-307401962007-02-23T10:44:47-08:002007-02-23T10:44:47-08:00This op-ed from the Wall Street Journal is really "spot on." Plus Ça (Climate) Change The Earth was warming before global warming was cool. BY PETE DU PONT Wednesday, February 21, 2007 12:01 a.m. EST When Eric the Red led...George Mason http://sixthcolumn.typepad.com/the_new_enlightenment/2007/02/plus_a_climate_.html