Posted by
Gregory Noelck on Saturday, February 24, 2007 2:21:23 PM
Civic life!
What a concept. If one where to take a look at the posts over at Townhall.com, one might get the idea that the notion was alive and well. But is it? What about the notion of faith and civic attitudes or even greater, public virture? There is so much for the modern thinker to ponder, chew on, wrestle with, and digest that it is a wonder that any of us is able to think at all. Given the tidal wave of daily infor mation that is available to the mind and soul is it any wonder that argumentation distanced from facts, truth, and rationality (that is to say logic) are becoming as culturally passe as non digital media - or even worse, an eight track tape!
So the obcious question is what to do - what to do? many of us might be inclined to put off the notions of civic life firewalling with the idea that "I just need to look after my own". That I would argue is a folly. As we all know failing to plan is planning to fail.