This is a video released by the online documentary production company “TERRA: The Nature of Our World.”  It depicts creationist Kent Hovind – who is currently serving a ten year sentence for federal tax evasion and other related charges – and his deep hatred of evolutionary theory.  He’s certainly not the most sophisticated proponent of intelligent design/creationism, but he does represent a vocal and aggressive side of the movement against rationalism and secular thought.

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Here is an interview with the extremely perceptive American thinker and intellectual Kevin Philips that is well worth watching.  It’s from a recent Bill Moyers Journal on PBS, where Philips discusses a wide-range of issues surrounding the most recent US election and the possible direction America is heading.  His main conclusion, “we are in an age of disappointment.”

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