“The Moral Obligation to Be Intelligent” — Now More Than Ever
Message to all Democratic troops:
Of course it is always a good thing to be intelligent. But it is the case that we do not live in intelligent times. Instead we live in choleric times, when stupidity and anger and “out there” statements capture the spotlight, go viral, drive the news cycle. Nor are we governed by a leader who abides by Enlightenment ideals of reason and proof or plays by the rules; likewise his party.
But with a presidential election coming up in just 43 days, truly the most…