Free Republic

Explanation: What are these humans doing? Dancing. Many humans on Earth exhibit periods of happiness, and one method of displaying happiness is dancing. Happiness and dancing transcend political boundaries and occur in practically every human society. Above, Matt Harding traveled through many nations on Earth, planned on dancing, and filmed the result. The above video, the latest in a series of similar videos, is perhaps a dramatic example that humans from all over planet Earth feel a common bond as part of a single species. Happiness is frequently contagious -- few people are able to watch the above video without...

Walking through my neighborhood, I passed a bumper sticker. You know the one: American flag waving and the caption ''These colors never run. Never have. Never will.'' And I was struck by the thought that since Sept 11, 2001, all we seem to be doing as a nation is running. First, running off to bomb and destroy Afghanistan in the name of liberating its people and destroying a mortal threat to our American way of life. Then, running off to a massive military buildup in the Middle East in preparation for a war in Iraq, in the name of liberating...