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** PRUDENTIAL VOTING IN BAD TIMES
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By EPPC Distinguished Senior Fellow George Weigel
Syndicated Column
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What is the thoughtful Catholic voter, who understands that the Church’s social doctrine cannot be confined in any partisan box, to do in this election cycle?
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** UNTIL WE REST IN HIM
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By EPPC Senior Fellow Francis X. Maier
First Things
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I’ve been dreading this November for the past year. In half a century of voting, I’ve been worried or frustrated by our public life many times. But 2020 has a unique toxicity, as if the whole nation were heaving, rudderless, on an ocean of poisonous blame. Read More ([link removed])
** CONGRATULATIONS TO SUPREME COURT JUSTICE AMY CONEY BARRETT
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Congratulations to newly appointed Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett. See this compendium ([link removed]) of EPPC President Ed Whelan’s prominent commentary in support of her confirmation.
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** THE AMAZING, HORRIFYING AGE OF EXAGGERATION
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By EPPC Henry Grunwald Senior Fellow Lance Morrow
The Wall Street Journal
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Hyperbole was more fun in Mencken’s age. Today it’s become ugly and fanatical, a weapon in a holy war. Read More ([link removed])
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** BECAUSE OF MY FATHER
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By EPPC Visiting Fellow Alexandra DeSanctis
National Review Online
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I retain my faith in it in no small part because of the witness of my father, who taught me by his example to believe in the only thing that really matters. Read More ([link removed])
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** TWO UNIVERSES
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By EPPC Henry Grunwald Senior Fellow Lance Morrow
City Journal
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In 2020, a mind open to the other side’s point of view—a mind capable of truly understanding that point of view—is rare. Read More ([link removed])
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** CONSERVATIVES MIGHT BE SEEING THE LIGHT ON HOW GOVERNMENT AID CAN SET WORKERS UP FOR SUCCESS
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By EPPC Senior Fellow Henry Olsen
The Washington Post
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The recent white paper from the House Republican Study Committee’s American Worker Task Force calls for using public resources to prepare students for a different career path that does not require college at all. Read More ([link removed])
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** AMY CONEY BARRETT SAID NICE THINGS ABOUT HER KIDS. LIBERALS HEARD RACISM.
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By EPPC Visiting Fellow Alexandra DeSanctis
The Washington Post
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Liberal commentary involved strained interpretations of why Barrett adopted children, and how she speaks of them — implying that she was racist, and perhaps ableist. These comments did not only represent armchair psychoanalysis at its worst; they also showed how easy it is for partisanship to trump basic decency. Read More ([link removed])
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** ANOTHER STIMULUS PACKAGE IS INEVITABLE. HERE’S WHAT IT SHOULD LOOK LIKE.
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By EPPC Senior Fellow Henry Olsen
The Washington Post
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Talks may produce a relief bill this week with a headline cost in the trillions of dollars. But without a clear sense of the true nature of the crisis, that will just be another finger in the dike temporarily holding back the economic flood that’s still likely to come. Read More ([link removed])
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** EVANGELICALS MADE A BAD BARGAIN WITH TRUMP
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By EPPC Senior Fellow Peter Wehner
National Review Online
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If evangelical supporters of Trump are honest, they should admit—at least to themselves, if not to the rest of the world—that something has gone terribly amiss and that the power they have achieved is coming at the expense of the faith they proclaim. Read More ([link removed])
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** DONALD TRUMP RUINED CONSERVATISM. DON’T LET HIM RUIN PATRIOTISM.
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By EPPC Senior Fellow Mona Charen
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The president discredits everything he touches. His poisonous form of patriotism is a danger to our civic health. Read More ([link removed])
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** SEEN, NOT HEARD: THE CHALLENGES OF CANCEL CULTURE FOR WOMEN
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By EPPC Visiting Fellow Alexandra DeSanctis
Verily
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“Cancel culture” on Instagram threatens authentic progress on ideas that are so central to womanhood. It would be better for all of us if we worked to foster an online atmosphere where each woman feels welcome and safe in speaking the truth from her heart. Read More ([link removed])
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** PHILADELPHIA AND THE NEW "TOLERANCE"
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By EPPC Senior Fellow Francis X. Maier
First Things
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A vast amount of ink has been spilled in recent years arguing for “diversity” and “tolerance” in American society. Some of these arguments are admirable and sincere. Some are cynical and vindictive. The latter applies in Philadelphia. Read More ([link removed])
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