http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A61372-2001Nov20.html

On Sunday, November 25, 2001, at 05:24 AM, Peter Wayner wrote:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A61372-2001Nov20.html

Thanks! That's a very detailed and well-written article. I was just skimming through a new book on the Masons; mostly I read about the period when cathedrals and castles were being built in Europe and the Masons operated as a union. --Tim May "A democracy cannot exist as a permanent form of government. It can only exist until the voters discover that they can vote themselves money from the Public Treasury. From that moment on, the majority always votes for the candidate promising the most benefits from the Public Treasury with the result that a democracy always collapses over loose fiscal policy always followed by dictatorship." --Alexander Fraser Tyler