Reason-blinding Eros introduces site mascot Epimetheus --
god of afterthought, father of excuses -- to Pandora. A preemptive hindstrike could have saved the world so much trouble...
This blog is dedicated to the proposition that we really don't have to get fooled again... or at least not every damned time. The past is there for us to shake our heads over -- and take some yes-they-can-be-taught! tips from.
There's no ideological immunity here: I think thinking you can shtup the intern in the Oval Office when Ken Starr is sniffing your boxers is as silly as invading Iraq because of 9/11-- make that WMD-- make that democracy-- make it anything but oil!
Of course, only one of those decisions is getting tens of thousands of people killed and wasting hundreds of billions of dollars, but both have interesting historical precedents...