{"id":1081,"date":"2008-04-23T16:24:27","date_gmt":"2008-04-23T21:24:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.starkeith.net\/coredump\/?p=1081"},"modified":"2008-04-23T16:24:27","modified_gmt":"2008-04-23T21:24:27","slug":"a-really-good-essay-on-americas-most-dangerous-enemy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.starkeith.net\/coredump\/2008\/04\/23\/a-really-good-essay-on-americas-most-dangerous-enemy\/","title":{"rendered":"A Really Good Essay on “America’s Most Dangerous Enemy”"},"content":{"rendered":"

This post from Fabius Maximus<\/a> on “America’s Most Dangerous Enemy”<\/a> is really good<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

It is probably one of the best essays I have ever read on the subject – clearly laid out, with citations and a clear structure. It brings to mind my high school lessons on “how to write an essay,” that’s how good it is.<\/p>\n

And, of course, the points it makes are excellent as well.<\/p>\n

If you’ve read some of my other posts recently and you’ve gotten outraged and want to make a difference, well, let me suggest this: get someone to read this article. You might just finally get someone to “see the light,” as it were.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This post from Fabius Maximus on “America’s Most Dangerous Enemy” is really good. It is probably one of the best essays I have ever read on the subject – clearly laid out, with citations and a clear structure. It brings to mind my high school lessons on “how to write an essay,” that’s how good… Continue reading A Really Good Essay on “America’s Most Dangerous Enemy”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"webmentions_disabled_pings":false,"webmentions_disabled":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"activitypub_content_warning":"","activitypub_content_visibility":"","activitypub_max_image_attachments":3,"activitypub_interaction_policy_quote":"anyone","activitypub_status":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[17],"tags":[385,392],"class_list":["post-1081","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-society","tag-politics","tag-society","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pimUj-hr","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":4773,"url":"https:\/\/www.starkeith.net\/coredump\/2015\/11\/30\/just-people\/","url_meta":{"origin":1081,"position":0},"title":"Just People","author":"Keith Survell","date":"November 30, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"It's all too easy in this day and age to give in to a subtle (or not-so-subtle) fear of \"foreigners\" but it is important to remember that these are still just people like you and me.","rel":"","context":"In "My Opinion"","block_context":{"text":"My Opinion","link":"https:\/\/www.starkeith.net\/coredump\/category\/personal\/my-opinion\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":3043,"url":"https:\/\/www.starkeith.net\/coredump\/2010\/04\/22\/lessons-we-still-havent-learned-from-1984\/","url_meta":{"origin":1081,"position":1},"title":"Lessons we still haven’t learned from 1984","author":"Keith Survell","date":"April 22, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"Looking at George Orwell's novel '1984' and seeing some uncomfortable parallels to our modern world.","rel":"","context":"In "My Opinion"","block_context":{"text":"My Opinion","link":"https:\/\/www.starkeith.net\/coredump\/category\/personal\/my-opinion\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.starkeith.net\/coredump\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/2008\/05\/1984-was-not-supposed-to-be-an-instruction-manual-150x150.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":484,"url":"https:\/\/www.starkeith.net\/coredump\/2005\/05\/24\/know-your-enemy-phishing\/","url_meta":{"origin":1081,"position":2},"title":"Know your Enemy: Phishing","author":"Keith Survell","date":"May 24, 2005","format":false,"excerpt":"The range of these attacks & scams is almost scary. 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