Let me say right at the beginning, I am writing on a subject that always puts me in a muddle.
Life is full of divided loyalties.
Like everyone else, my life is divided into many roles that sometimes collide. My loyalties to my child and my loyalties to my students and department will be in tension. My childhood church in New England has added a much-needed new entrance. For weeks the members were divided about whether to keep the old front door or put on a new one. The arguments revolved around aesthetics, architectural integrity, historical preservation, religious symbolism, and money.