Political Philosophy There has been rarely a time more necessary for the general public to call to mind Plato's Allegory of the Cave. While the recent tragedy in New York and Washington may seem an odd reason to turn to this allegory, they are precisely the reason that we must. Over the course of the next couple of weeks, the American public will be bombarded with "shadows of artificial things" presented as truth. This bombardment …showed first 75 words of 626 total…

…showed last 75 words of 626 total…ask: isn't it a little odd that our entire financial district was destroyed within days of what could have been a collapse anyway? And most of all we must make them ask: Who gains from our involvement in a war in the Middle East? I don't possess all of the answers, but I am chasing down the questions. And as Aldous Huxley said, "You shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you mad."