In my previous email, I quoted G.K. Chesterton on the thrills and perils of religious orthodoxy. Today, I submit to you that political heterodoxy offers some of the same. What’s more, that our religious orthodoxy sometimes demands political heterodoxy.
 
As America’s most influential journal of religion and public life, FIRST THINGS has a responsibility to dismantle the shibboleths of our political factions when they contravene the dictates of faith or natural law, whether they come from our Left or our Right.
 
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Staking claim to positions of political heterodoxy incurs real costs (the thrills and perils!). Falling in line, on the other hand, is comfortable and safe.
 
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