CHOCOLATE-COVERED STRAWBERRIES!

I had an English teacher who told me that most writers lose their reader within the first paragraph, so you need to start off with a good hook.  Did it work?

Anyway, an issue that began two years ago at my alma mater has begun to dominate public discourse at the school (and even in national news).  I want to talk about that particular case, but I also hope to address the deeper societal illness of which this issue is but one symptom.  As a culture, we are quickly arriving at a state in which our identity as progressive or conservative defines not only our worldview, but also our relationships, our religion, and our ability to function in community.  And I don’t like it.

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