Which is worse: "to never question the truth claims of
academic elites," as Parker J. Palmer puts it, or to "never question Fox News"?
Far too many of the Left make the first mistake; far too
many of the Right make the second.
Free citizens do their own research, question and think
independently, and delegate the making of important conclusions to no one.
Free, independent, deep, studied thinking is the first role--and right--of a free
citizen.
Lose this, and we lose everything.