Just as a blindness towards one's own failings is a necessary foundation for hypocrisy, so an ignorance of history is a necessary foundation of fanaticism. Thus, the teaching of history acts as a buttress against fanaticism.

On the way home from work, I heard a commentary by Daniel Schorr in which he said that America's unipolar moment is over, and that China is now beginning to vie with the US for supremacy.

Thank you George W. Bush voters.