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September 16, 2022
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Why All Politics is Post-Liberal
Brad Littlejohn
American Reformer

Reality has a way of biting back, and the longer it is repressed, the more savagely it bites. So we see today. After two centuries of pretending that government can, and should, turn a blind eye to everything short of highway robbery, we find ourselves inundated with utopian calls for government to prosecute every micro-aggression, tear down every systemic inequity, and promote any conceivable form of better and brighter future. If it has previously been a defining feature of liberalism to confine politics to the “harm principle” (and a narrowly materialist version of it at that), then it is clear that we are now entering an era of post-liberal politics.

Far from lamenting this, however, I wish to embrace the new era as the opportunity for a return to normalcy. That’s not to say that the insanities of identity politics represent anything like normalcy; but they are what happens when normalcy and reality are repressed and denied for too long. The way forward lies not in continuing to chant dried-up liberal nostrums in a lonely, First Amendment-protected corner, but in re-articulating a historic Protestant understanding of the role of government: that it exists both to restrain wickedness and to promote virtue and flourishing.
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Bezos' "Rings of Power" ([link removed]) discovers that money can produce standard consumerist fare, but not do justice to a literary masterpiece, writes Postdoctoral Fellow Nathanael Blake in The Federalist.
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Bishops would do well to consult the laity ([link removed]) when evaluating candidates for the episcopate, argues Distinguished Senior Fellow George Weigel in "Finding the Bishops we Need ([link removed]) ."
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Forgiving debts is an essential part of Christian teaching, grants Brad Littlejohn in WORLD Opinions, yet this principle is far removed from its practice today ([link removed]) .
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Writing for the National Review, Fellow Alexandra DeSanctis covers the American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology's threatens to revoke its certification ([link removed]) of physicians who spread pro-life 'misinformation.'
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EPPC President Ryan T. Anderson gave a statement on the Townhall Review ([link removed]) on the litigation over Yeshiva University's right to teach in line with its orthodox Jewish beliefs and traditions.

"Hopefully, the Supreme Court will step in and correct this injustice."
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Searching for Medicine's Soul: Every Deep-Drawn Breath with Dr. Wes Ely

On this episode of Searching for Medicine’s Soul ( Podbean ([link removed]) [link removed] Apple Podcasts ([link removed]) | Spotify ([link removed]) ), Aaron is joined by Dr. Wes Ely, the Grant W. Liddle Endowed Chair in Medicine at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, physician-scientist, and author of Every Deep-Drawn Breath ([link removed]) , a work chronicling the human element active in ICU medical
practice. The two discuss Wes’ humanistic approach to his patients and how it shapes his views on the ethical use of sedation, cognitive rehabilitation from neurological diseases, changing treatments acute cases of COVID-19, and more.

Note that all proceeds from Every Deep-Drawn Breath ([link removed]) will be paid into a fund for Covid and ICU survivors.
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