Deep inside Plato’s cave, Kansas Republicans close eyes to the possibility of an outside world

Few stories explain our current circumstances better than Plato’s allegory of the cave. Plato’s theory of forms would be, in today’s vernacular: “As above, so below.” In his allegory, the people live in a cave. They all circle a central fire. The fire provides warmth and sustains daily living, a hub for them all. One […]