Teaching Everything But Common Sense

Greetings from the Left Coast! I'm going to do something unusual in this entry, and ask you to read something someone else has written.

One of the hallmarks of Secular-Progressive thought is that it is never willing to make moral judgments about anything. Having rejected the concept that there is an ultimate standard of right and wrong that is external to ourselves, they're not willing to pass judgment on anything or anyone as being "wrong" or "evil" (except for their own government, of course). Nowhere in recent memory has this been as ridiculously obvious as in the invitation extended to Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to speak at Columbia University.

Syndicated columnist Mona Charen wrote an excellent article about this appearance, on the theme that you cannot "advance the search for truth by giving a platform to liars and criminals." Please take the time to click through and read her column. You can find it here.

And if I had children in college today, here's what would scare the heck out of me (quoting from her column): "The New York Times reporter present estimated that 30 percent of the audience was pro-Ahmadinejad. Thirty percent. More than anything, that sends a chill down the spine." Where do you suppose that thirty percent picked up the value system (or lack thereof) that allowed them to look evil in the face and not be able - or willing - to recognize it for what it is?