Perhaps the biggest surprise [as far as reactions to the first edition of Fire in America] was the attention readers gave to American Indian fire practices. This was a minor feature of the book. I was far more interested in the transition from and agricultural to an industrial society than in pre-Columbian practices or the transition from American ( Read more... )

The Preamble to the Constitution of the United States and the Bill of Rights (first ten amendments to the Constitution of the United States of America): These two documents, above all, are perfect tools for invoking Uranus in general and His avatar of Liberty in particular, for they provide the foundation of law and government in the United States ( Read more... )