The Passion For Tidiness Is The Historian's

Politics In A Democracy Is, At The End, An Educational Process.

In View Of The Tide Of Religiosity Engulfing A Once Secular Republic It Is Refreshing To Be Reminded By Freethinkers That Free Thought And Skepticism Are Robustly In The American Tradition. After All The Founding Fathers Began By Omitting God From The American Constitution.

For Most Americans The Constitution Had Become A Hazy Document, Cited Like The Bible On Ceremonial Occasions But Forgotten In The Daily Transactions Of Life.

The Broad Liberal Objective Is A Balanced And Flexible "mixed Economy," Thus Seeking To Occupy That Middle Ground Between Capitalism And Socialism Whose Viability Has So Long Been Denied By Both Capitalists And Socialists.

Total Separation Of Church And State Was Considered The Best Safeguard For The Health Of Each. As [andrew] Jackson Explained, In Refusing To Name A Fast Day, He Feared To 'disturb The Security Which Religion Now Enjoys In This Country, In Its Complete Separation From The Political Concerns Of The General Government.'