Jon Mercurio: 2 books

In two sections we trace the historical path taken by man in his attempt to understand 'what in the world is this all about'. The philosopher Hegal suggested that all advances require three steps: a thesis, an antithesis and a synthesis. Religion and science are major milestones in mankind's...

The United States started with such promise. Despite several flaws, the Constitution enabled a government, which unlike very few before it, preserved the rights of humans in a manner that also recognized the sovereignty of individual. Embodied in this was the notion that a self-reliant person could...