Originally published at crisis magazine
Who is in charge? The one who is the final arbiter of the truth. But what does that mean for a “post-truth” age? Do we trust Jesus, who claimed to be the truth? Or Pilate, the forerunner of deconstructionism and critical theory?
Eric Sammons looks at the issue through the lens of the bewildered Catholic layman trying to discern the truths of competing narratives. He seems to see the current questioning of received truths as a phenomenon of a mass awakening after the lie-filled Covid spin cycle. He goes on to list some now-questioned narratives, and in doing so he employs—probably unconsciously—a key interpretive tool favored by the Left, which is to situate everything in terms of power. He writes about the need to question received narratives “especially when those who promote these narratives the most vigorously advance their own power base in doing so.”
In another recent piece in Crisis, Auguste Meyrat takes on the correct approach to disputed narratives when suggesting that the much-discussed Tucker Carlson-Darryl Cooper interview offers food for thought about contemporary American foreign policy. Meyrat makes use of demonstrable facts about U.S. actions abroad since World War II. It is possible to make a counterargument
