To 'choose' dogma and faith over doubt and experience is to throw out the ripening vintage and to reach greedily for the Kool-Aid.
It's surprising to me how many of my friends send Christmas cards or holiday...
It evolved from my experience in the fifties growing up during the McCarthy...
There is however another purpose to which academies contribute. When they consist of a limited number of persons eminent for their knowledge it becomes an object of ambition to be admitted on their list.
