500 years ago — before the birth of our wonderfully Christian nation — many of the maladies of the day were attributed to “dark magic” and witchcraft. This was a period during which thousands of innocent women were ripped from their loved-ones and violently burned at the stake for their “crimes”. Clearly we’ve made one heck of alot of progress towards not burning so many innocent people at the stake, but we still think we’ve got quite a bit of work yet to do. Sam Harris has some excellent comments on this subject over at The Huffington Post which make for excellent reading.

Happy Independence Day!