For a myriad of reasons — not the least of which is that I used to concentrate my law practice on suing universities for violating students’ First Amendment rights — most of my public speeches, most of my public interactions, and much of my writing have been aimed squarely at America’s Millennial generation. It’s not breaking any ground to note that, aside from those young people who occupy the comforting confines of ideological extremism, many millions of American young people just seem lost.
They’re deeply suspicious of organized religion, yet they can’t escape the nagging need for transcendence in their lives. They want answers to great questions, but they’re suspicious of authority. They want purpose, but they don’t know what purpose means apart from careerism. Oh, and all but the most politically correct are keenly aware that mankind is fallen, that men and women are different, and that, while the post-Christian West has allegedly killed God, it can’t seem to replace him with anything better.
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