Question of the Year

How must one respond when he discovers that another whom he held in respect—whom he once regarded as intelligent, educated, even wise—turns to the madness of the fiery polemic, the conspiracy theory, and—much worse—the absurdity of the collectivist mind?

The monks of old concerned themselves with spirituality, humanity, and the great questions of existence and purpose, not trendy political pet causes.  Only in these days could so noble a pursuit be twisted into such a grotesque perversion.