Later in the Evening, Day One

9:30 PM

Well…in the first session of my first class I have been instructed that Truth is relative and that America has failed at democracy. If there is such a thing a liberal bias test, so far we have failed it. As evidence I offer a paraphrase of a brief conversation I had with the professor at the break:

Me, “Professor, should we assume then that you lean toward subjectivism?”

Prof., “Well you should never assume, that is what gets you in trouble. And it depends on what you mean by ‘lean’ and ‘subjective,’ doesn’t it.”

Me, “Subjective infers that you do not believe in absolute truth—that truth if relative to place, time, and circumstance.”

Prof., “Well then…yes.”

The professor is amiable enough and obviously bright, if significantly eccentric and prone to ad hominem digression. I find those qualities tolerable. But it remains to be seen if I and my obviously contrary viewpoint will get the fair shake I felt denied two decades ago.