Baker’s Dozen Fantasy: Trump Opens a Bible, Finds Actual Moral Teachings
With an eye on his Evangelical base and Bible in hand, Trump pulls off another of his astonishing pivots.
Betrayal of the Elites: When A “Non-Profit” Hospital Administrator Makes $10 Million a Year
Elite status no longer connotes responsibility. It no longer carries with it the expectation of giving up something to serve in a role of leadership. Nowadays, to be elite is not a “privilege implying obligation,” said author Martin Gurri, “it is a prize.” It means you are the big winner and you get all the toys.
The Long, Slow Fade of Mainline Protestant Churches
In an essay titled “Awakenings,” the novelist and essayist, Marilynne Robinson, spoke of the Calvinist and Reformed theological tradition, which informed Lincoln and his transcendent framing of the Civil War. Of that tradition, she writes, “I no longer see much trace of it in America today."