When Reason Dies - by Michael Smith - Unlicensed Punditry

America’s immigration debate reveals a broader collapse of logic, language, and responsibility—and Minnesota shows where it leads. - Michael Smith

In The Age of Reason, Thomas Paine wrote:
“To argue with a man who has renounced the use and authority of reason is like administering medicine to the dead.”

There is a great deal of that going around these days.
Last night I posted on Facebook that I want Tim Walz, Keith Ellison, and Jacob Frey to answer ten very simple questions like “Does America have a border?”
There was not a single question on that list for which the factual answer is anything other than “yes.” None of them rely on emotion, interpretation, or ideology. 

They simply describe what is, not what some people wish were true.
And unless we get our arms around the emotional instability now driving American political life, we are cooked—aluminum foil in the microwave, timer set to ten minutes, cooked.
Why?

• Because no issue—large or small—is being approached through truth or reason anymore...