Skandalizō

Wherein the Author, with no small reluctance and under considerable intellectual duress, doth presume to discourse upon that most exquisitely vexatious and philosophically precarious condition of being called upon to extend the honours of sober consideration unto one whose deportment, sentiments, and public protestations are so egregiously, so palpably, and so monumentally at variance with his own practice as to render the very exercise of seriousness a labour bordering upon the absurd. Perhaps you are old enough (like me!) to remember when John Mackey, the owner of Whole Foods, wrote an Op-Ed in the Wall Street Journal, which caused quite a firestorm. The reason for the strong reaction was that he quoted Margaret Thatcher in an attack on Obamacare. This, evidently, created an existential crisis for liberals. The problem was that Whole Foods was a liberal grocery store: it featured organic food, sustainability, and high pay for its employees with quality benefits. What more could a li...