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August 18, 2023
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If You Like America, Thank Christianity
Brad Littlejohn
Public Discourse

Christians in America have gotten used to being on the defensive. Not only are many of the moral principles that we hold sacred openly trampled in the media, the public square, or even the White House lawn, but Christians sometimes find themselves blamed for quite nearly all the evil in the world. Some of the charges lobbed our way are familiar ones, dating back centuries: Christians are killjoys and bigots, responsible for oppressing religious minorities and persecuting anyone who didn’t fit their mold—Exhibit A being the Salem witch trials. Others are of newer vintage: Christians, we are told, have taken the lead in purveying racism and xenophobia, and the pages of American history are littered with the destruction they have visited upon Native Americans, African Americans, and immigrants.

Some Christians have responded by endorsing these accusations with unseemly gusto, calling on their co-religionists to join them in self-lacerating “lament,” and hoping that profuse apologies to progressive advocates will avert these avenging angels from their own doorsteps. Others have responded by meeting resentment with resentment: if progressive elites are going to tell white Christians all the ways they have victimized others, then white Christians are going to stake their own claim to victimhood status.
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And for WORLD, Brad argues that Christians need to be confident ([link removed]) about telling the story of the injustice they've fought in American history.
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Erika Bachiochi went on the Maiden Mother Matriarch podcast to discuss the the feminism of Mary Wollstonecraft ([link removed]) .
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Clare Morell wrote for The Federalist about what congress can do to hold sex traffickers accountable ([link removed]) .
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In his column this week, George Weigel criticizes the Vatican's collaboration with the Chinese Communist Party ([link removed]) .
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The Ohio election result should set off a five-alarm fire for Republicans ([link removed]) , argues Patrick Brown for CNN.
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And in his column for the Washington Post, Henry Olsen warns that Republicans defend Trump at their own risk ([link removed]) .
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The revenge of unintended consequences can be nasty ([link removed]) , writes Francis X. Maier for The Catholic Thing.
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Democracy and self-government require discipline and virtue ([link removed]) , argues Nathanael Blake for WORLD Opinions.
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It’s early days in the fight for 2024, but it’s hard to shake the feeling that it’s shaping up like 2016 where the election was decided by voters who disliked both major party nominees. Henry Olsen calls these folks “Double Doubters” and doubles down with his guests this week to see who they are and what they think.
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Aaron Rothstein is joined by Dr. Ilana Yurkiewicz, author of Fragmented: A Doctor’s Quest to Piece Together American Health Care, to discuss how America’s healthcare system leaves physicians partially blindfolded.
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