Opinion

Editor’s Column: Why do we believe what we believe?

Voltaire, writer and philosopher during the French Enlightenment, said, “Anyone who has the power to make you believe absurdities has the power to make you commit injustices.”

Who has that power over you?

It’s a question we all need to ask ourselves. Who has power over us to make us believe anything? What voices do we trust, and why do we trust them?

As I wrote last week, a lot of what we believe is…