Op Ed: Nobody Talks About Freedom Anymore

“The Divine Knowledge has ebbed out of us, and we do not know enough to be free.” - Daniel Webster

Have you noticed? When the election season rolls around, nobody talks about freedom anymore. Sure, that word is sometimes still dropped into campaign speeches, sprinkled like salt over a bland plate of political platitudes. But freedom is never the primary subject, let alone the goal of modern political messaging. It’s just a rhetorical enhancement that leaves the scene as quickly as it arrived.

Why do you suppose that is? What does that tell us about the personal convictions and motivations of m...