"E pur si muove."

After being forced to recant his belief that the Earth revolved around the Sun by the Inquisition, Galileo was rumored to have muttered the phrase "E pur si muove." "And yet it moves." This was his rejection of the conventional wisdom at the time - that the Earth was the stationary center of the universe - which we now know to have been most spectacularly false.

While not the sole topic of this blog, much of what I write revolves around this theme - that the conventional wisdom is often flawed, and that all lies, inexorably, must eventually lead to the truth.

Sometimes I write because I have something to say; others, simply because I find it helpful to see my ideas written out; occasionally it's to see if one of my hair brained ideas actually holds any water. Either way, I hope you'll enjoy at least a few of my fairly random rants! If you care to read more about my motivations behind starting this blog, please click here. Feel free to on any of my posts; your feedback is always greatly appreciated.

Wednesday, May 28, 2008

An Article Every American Should Read

Originally Posted: June 6th, 2007

I believe the link has since expired, and I'm unable to find the full text of the article online to post for you here; I'll see what I can do.

I titled this note "An Article Every American Should Read", but it's really an article that EVERYONE should read.

"How to Restore America's Place in the World" by Fareed Zakaria is remarkably poignant. One need not agree with each and every one of his policy prescriptions (as even I didn't), to see that both the spirit of his article and the analysis provided therein are spot on.

Zakaria's article lays out exactly what the next American President will need to do in order to restore the international community's faith in the United States as a responsible hegemon, and to maintain its position as the recognized and trusted leader of the global system. (Lol, if we've ever discussed world affairs alot of this article's content might sound familiar - I've gotta say, he's a man after my own heart!)

Check it out here, at Newsweek:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/19001200/site/newsweek/page/0/
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