3.08.2004
Two States! Red and Blue! A House Divided!
When I was young and clay-like, I went along with parts of Samuel Huntington's "clash of civilizations" thesis -- we were, after all, coming out of that enormous tangle of military build-up, bottom-down-and-back-up paranoia and shitty alliances known as the Cold War, and my pubescent self probably pumped a fist and chalked up a win. By the time I got to college, I understood why he wasn't nearly right, and now that I'm even older, I can safely say that Sam needs to get off the crack. More on this later, once my heart rate settles back down to its reasonable quiver.
