April 28, 2018 By Ben Voth
"We are living through an all-out war on truth, facts and reason," said presidential candidate and former secretary of State Hillary Clinton in New York recently. In many respects, the American public has been living within a war against reason.
Hillary Clinton is perhaps later than most to this important problem. The urgent intellectual problem of our time is, what is reasonable? The war on reason has substantially damaged our public sphere.
The great philosopher and former FBI director James Comey made this observation about reason in 2016 when considering whether there should be further investigation of the "matter" involving Hillary Clinton: "Although there is evidence of potential violations of the statutes regarding the handling of classified information, our judgment is that no reasonable prosecutor would bring such a case."
This statement was made on July 5, 2016 – one day after our nation's celebration of Independence Day. Comey's statement was further confirmation of the surrendering of reason to political causes. No "reasonable" prosecutor would bring a case against his future boss, President Hillary Clinton.
That was a reasonable conclusion and one that undoubtedly contributed to the painful backlash unleashed by the public against such "truth" and "reason." Comey's statement as FBI director was in many respects a statement of the ongoing collapse of our nation's independence in the face of a superintending state that selectively enforces the law in order to compel political fealty............Read more
"We are living through an all-out war on truth, facts and reason," said presidential candidate and former secretary of State Hillary Clinton in New York recently. In many respects, the American public has been living within a war against reason.
Hillary Clinton is perhaps later than most to this important problem. The urgent intellectual problem of our time is, what is reasonable? The war on reason has substantially damaged our public sphere.
The great philosopher and former FBI director James Comey made this observation about reason in 2016 when considering whether there should be further investigation of the "matter" involving Hillary Clinton: "Although there is evidence of potential violations of the statutes regarding the handling of classified information, our judgment is that no reasonable prosecutor would bring such a case."
This statement was made on July 5, 2016 – one day after our nation's celebration of Independence Day. Comey's statement was further confirmation of the surrendering of reason to political causes. No "reasonable" prosecutor would bring a case against his future boss, President Hillary Clinton.
That was a reasonable conclusion and one that undoubtedly contributed to the painful backlash unleashed by the public against such "truth" and "reason." Comey's statement as FBI director was in many respects a statement of the ongoing collapse of our nation's independence in the face of a superintending state that selectively enforces the law in order to compel political fealty............Read more
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