Everyone Wants to be a Radical

When Congress passed the Freedom of Information Act in the late 60s, writer and Druid Isaac Bonewits (1949-2010) couldn't wait to see his FBI file. What would it say?

Subversive religious thinker?

Dangerous radical?

Finally the file arrived. Eagerly, Isaac tore it open.

Harmless religious fanatic, said the file.

These days, it sometimes seems like everyone wants to be a radical.

Let us take a moment to savor the irony.

These days, there's nothing more conformist than being radical.

Lest anyone accuse me of ill-speaking the dead, Isaac used to tell this story on himself.

If you're going to be a religious fanatic, at least be one with a sense of humor.