"We know of no spectacle more ridiculous—or more contemptible—than that of the religious reactionaries who dare to re-write the history of our republic...

Among the privileges of being a superpower, the right and the ability to make a local quarrel into a global one ranks very high.
~ Christopher Hitchens ~












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