How to Lose a Country and Culture
More Amusement, Less Moral Certitude Two books written near the end of the last millennium have a message that Americans, especially American Christians, need to hear. The first is AmusingOurselves to Death: Public Discourse in an Age of Show Business , written by Neil Postman . The second is The New Absolutes: HowThey Are Being Imposed on Us How They Are Eroding Our MoralLandscape , by William D. Watkins . The former warns of the risk of preoccupation with various kinds of self-absorbing entertainments and the like, while the latter warns of a redefinition of morality, often introduced as amorality, that is meant to replace the Judeo-Christian values that have anchored and defined Western Civilization and the very heart of the United States, both government and culture. Before I continue, let's engage in a little exercise. I'm going to make a quick list of concerns that arise in the political area, to a great extent because people with an ideological agenda hav