On Clarity
Underlying Logic 2014-04-18
Summary:
What do John Boehner and Rachel Maddow have in common? Image: Screen shot from MSNBC, via The Blaze
One cannot but be dismayed by the extent to which pollution of thought is endemic in our culture.
The illness is ubiquitous: in Washington, in academe, on the radio and TV, among activists. Being clear, explaining oneself lucidly, seems to be an endangered form of human behavior. Was clarity ever better regarded? Or is the current attitude toward it a constant in history? One could blame the educat...