Word: corruptedness
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AN AMERICAN MYTH holds that we all descended from those brave immigrants who, in whatever time and for whatever reasons, gave up decaying, corrupted Europe and sailed for this new continent where they found freedom and escape. Never mind that our forefathers were not all white or European or free...
In fact, the beliefs enshrined in the usury laws are much older than medieval. For many centuries, the term usury referred to the taking of any interest at all. The Book of Deuteronomy strongly prohibits collecting interest. The reason: lending to a brother in need is a duty required by...
Cox concedes that a President can keep confidential military and diplomatic secrets and policy deliberations, but he insists that a President has "no absolute and arbitrary power" to conceal "evidence of criminality." Moreover, because "there is strong reason to believe the integrity of the Executive office has been corrupted," the...
One example from the famous Shadow Over Innsmouth will suffice. The plot concerns a doomed Massachussetts fishing town whose population is obscenely corrupted by intermingling with a race of fiendish undersea creatures. Learning all this, the narrator attempts to flee. On the outskirts of town, he looks back and sees...
Finally, even the farmer's child-wife, played by Liv Ullmann, is intoxicated by notions of unrestricted bounty and freedom. In the 1850s, the Swedes set sail. Ulysses had no more epochal journey than the ones made by 19th century aliens. Seasick, verminous, unable to hold their meager rations...