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** Sacrificial Politics and Sacred Victims ([link removed])
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Do you think “wokeness” is political?

You’re not wrong. But you’re not completely right, either.

Why Wokeness Fetishizes Suffering

There’s some great conversation happening at Law & Liberty right now. We’d like to highlight Molly Brigid McGrath’s perspective in particular, especially since wokeness isn’t going away anytime soon.

OK, we all know how important victims are to the woke cause.

McGrath goes deeper, revealing the religious impulses at work—and the woke obsession with suffering.

Read her essay to learn:
* the “sacred categories” of woke ideology

* why wokeness is heavily influenced by Christianity

* how we should understand suffering

McGrath covers a lot of ground. Definitely spend time with this one.

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CATEGORY: POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY (6 min)


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Conservative Liberalism, Liberal Despotism ([link removed])
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Today’s liberals aren’t really that liberal.

Ironically, many conservatives are more liberal than their counterparts—depending, of course, on how you define liberal.

Why the American Founding Is Up for Debate on the Right

This would be more encouraging if there were greater consensus among right-leaning intellectuals.

But as Nathanael Blake points out in Public Discourse, there’s been intense dispute between writers like David French and Sohrab Ahmari over whether classical liberalism is good and worth conserving.

Blake reveals why the liberal influence on the Founding is just one of many—and why that should give conservatives some hope.

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CATEGORY: PHILOSOPHY (5 min)



** Redefining Leisure ([link removed])
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With schools closing and classes getting canceled, you’re probably going to have free time you weren’t expecting.

How are you going to make the most of it?

This week’s archive pull may give you some ideas.

Gracy Olmstead contrasts modern indulgence with the wisdom of the ancients—and shows why authentic leisure requires your hands as well as your brain.

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