"Whom The Gods Would Destroy, They First Make Mad," Samuel Johnson By Way Of Euripides

Alan: Increasingly, I have a nauseous feeling that what we are witnessing is the end of empire propelled by a lunatic last-ditch effort to resurrect empire.

The dysfunction is crazier than we imagine because sane (or just minimally rational) people cannot imagine the scope of our collective lunacy.

9/11, "The National Lunacy" And The Collapse Of The Republican Party

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2016/03/911-national-lunacy-and-collapse-of.html

Germany found out what national lunacy is.

Italy found out.

Argentina found out.

Chile found out. 

Guatemala found out

The inquisitorial Holy See found out.

The Inquisition Executed Its Last Victim In 1826, A Spaniard Who Taught Deism

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2015/01/the-inquisition-executed-its-last.html

Greater Arabee found out.

Now it's our turn.

"Quos deus vult perdere prius dementat."

"Whom The Gods Would Destroy, They First Make Mad"

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whom_the_gods_would_destroy


Why Is It So Weird?
Conservative Christians Prefer Armageddon To Loss Of Preeminence
http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2016/09/why-is-it-sooooo-weird-conservative.html

"Faith, Hope, Charity And Divine Desperation"

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2013/04/faith-hope-charity-and-divine.html