Audiobooks are helpful at night. Early this morning, it was a bit bizarre to be listening to a history of the Anglo-Saxon period in England, while the sound of frogs came through the open windows of my camper. It was a disappointment because the sources are so poor from that era and place. The Church was the most literate part of Anglo-Saxon society, so most of the documents that have survived pertained to organizational squabbles of the Church. They squabbled over how to date Easter for a century. Why was I wasting my time with such nonsense? And yet, this "nonsense" gives you the right perspective in thinking about the European Union of today. What is it about societies that permits giant, complex, parasitic bureaucracies to rise up in their midst, and take over the society to some extent? After tolerating the Catholic establishment for 1300 years -- and 15--20% of the country's land being owned by the church -- it shouldn't surprise anyone that modern Euro
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