Rebuilding a Marriage Culture in 21st-Century Black and Latino America
Faith, it has been said, is an anvil that has worn out many hammers. We need it now more than ever, as the hammer of modernity has fractured our most precious human institutions, marriage and family,...
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What Wouldn’t Jesus Do?
Among the most inexplicable developments in this bizarre political year is that Donald Trump is the candidate of choice of many evangelical Christians. Mr. Trump won a plurality of evangelical votes...
View ArticleA Conversation: How Can Evangelicals Support Trump?
How could a vulgar, thrice-married billionaire whose bullying and nastiness have driven the presidential contest into the rhetorical gutter get the support of people of faith? The post A Conversation:...
View ArticleThe Party of Reagan Is No More
Once known for common sense, the GOP gives way to Donald Trump. The post The Party of Reagan Is No More appeared first on Ethics & Public Policy Center.
View ArticleThe Man the Founders Feared
Mr. Trump’s comments, startling in a leading presidential candidate, have raised widespread concern about the path we find ourselves on. But concern about political violence, mob rule and unchecked...
View ArticleOur Great Easter Hope
In many respects, the Christian faith is a radical inversion of what the world deems worthy and worth celebrating. The post Our Great Easter Hope appeared first on Ethics & Public Policy Center.
View ArticleTrump Remains a Threat to Conservatism
It isn’t simply that Trump isn’t a conservative in the spirit of Goldwater or Reagan; it is that he has been an active opponent of conservatism long ago, recently and to this very day. The post Trump...
View ArticleLet’s See Trump in All His Ugliness
The American people need to know the real temperament — the man in full — who would be president. The post Let’s See Trump in All His Ugliness appeared first on Ethics & Public Policy Center.
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Friendship in the Age of Trump
At this stage in a presidential campaign, Republicans, generally a rather disciplined lot, have usually united and begun to train their fire on Democrats. Circular firing squads are for them, not us....
View ArticleWhy We Shouldn’t Fight Dirty
Disagreeing with others, even passionately disagreeing with others, without rhetorically vaporizing them is part of what it means to live as citizens in a republic. The post Why We Shouldn’t Fight...
View ArticleDonald Trump’s Aggressive Ignorance
Donald Trump has zero interest in ideas. He has no governing agenda and no attachment to any political philosophy. He merely makes it up as he goes. The post Donald Trump’s Aggressive Ignorance...
View ArticleMaking the Case for the Good Life
In a bleak political year, there comes a shaft of light in the form of an extraordinary new book, The Fractured Republic. The post Making the Case for the Good Life appeared first on Ethics &...
View ArticleRepublicans’ Delusional Hopes
Republicans continue to hope that Trump will become a dignified, decorous figure. He won’t, and it’s delusional to believe he will. The post Republicans’ Delusional Hopes appeared first on Ethics &...
View ArticleThe Indelible Stain of Donald Trump
The Republican Party’s politically lethal embrace of Donald J. Trump is very nearly complete. The post The Indelible Stain of Donald Trump appeared first on Ethics & Public Policy Center.
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The Theology of Donald Trump
Since Donald Trump assures us that the Bible is his favorite book, it’s worth asking: Just what is his theology? After Mr. Trump met with hundreds of evangelical Christians a couple of weeks ago,...
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Can We Find Our Way Back to Lincoln?
For my entire adult life I have listened to the invective leveled against the Republican Party by liberals: It is a party sustained by racist appeals, composed of haters and conspiracy nuts,...
View ArticleBeware of Blind Spots
An open letter to the Ford Foundation on inequality. The post Beware of Blind Spots appeared first on Ethics & Public Policy Center.
View ArticleUnder the Dark Spell of Trump, Jerry Falwell Jr. Is Damaging Public Christian...
With his partisan, reckless comments, the Evangelical celebrity dishonors his Christian faith. The post Under the Dark Spell of Trump, Jerry Falwell Jr. Is Damaging Public Christian Witness appeared...
View ArticleGeorge Orwell’s Fierce Modesty
Orwell's commitment to seek truth fiercely and bravely, while acknowledging that it is only one man’s truth, is a balance very few of us achieve. The post George Orwell’s Fierce Modesty appeared first...
View ArticleThe Comprehensive Case Against Donald Trump
The Trump oeuvre – what he has said, and done, and shown over the course of his life and this campaign -- leads to an unfortunate but inescapable conclusion: Donald J. Trump is manifestly unfit to be...
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