Calling All History Teachers!

X Sama begs you to introduce the BBC documentary series, The Power of Nightmares (<--full script and commentary for those who cannot screen the film). In 3 one hour parts, it provides stimulating analysis of the birth of radical Islamic and neoconservative movements. The 3 parts have been joined, edited, and shortened for the Cannes Film Festival. Read a little more about it here. You won't be seeing it any time soon on US television or in theaters, so grab a copy where you can (torrentspy; demonoid).

And if it gets you in too serious of a mood, if you just can't swallow the idea that historical forces are shaping our governments, our leaders, then there's an alternative paradigm presented in H. Frankfurt's lecture turned book, On Bullshit.