John Whitehead, whose intervention freed Brandon Raub from a psychiatric prison Stalin would be proud of, has a brilliant philosophical reflection today on the survival of the individual in a democratic society. Note that — apparently — no politicians, Democrat or Republican, have intervened or spoken out in defense of Mr. Raub’s Constitutional rights  (to my knowledge: believe me, I would be pleased indeed to add a correction). God always brings good out of evil — felix culpa and all that — and in this case, Mr. Raub’s detention by the police state has not only alerted Virginians that yes, … Continue reading Virginia’s Good Neighbors