The National Struggle Over Terry Shival

Dr. Crafe: In every evil in this world you can find some good that's perverted. I don't know what that good is. Sense of mystery maybe. Sense of getting in over your head. Surfing on a wave bigger than you can handle. But if God isn't that, then God's much too small. To show them that good is more exciting than evil. That's rare, that's precious. One of the reasons Tolkien is the greatest writer of the 20th century is that he can do that. Most of our novelists can't do that. And now a question. The fact that you're not wearing your red socks tie this time speaks volumes.