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Democratic Dreams
SharingOn Wednesday, I said we should, to borrow the vernacular, “have …
A Referendum to Reinstate Racism
SharingFighting racism should be at least conceptually easy. The California …
Bad for Monopolists
SharingThe political class hates term limits. It’s official. A new Cato …
Holding All the Trumps
SharingLast week, Idaho’s Senate Bill 1159 — “the bill to make it …
Big Brother Plays in Traffic
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Abolish. Or Set in Stone
November 13, 2024
Paul Jacob knows what to do with hypocrisy on at …Read More »
Destroying Dane Farming
November 12, 2024
Paul Jacob on Europe’s ongoing suicide over “greenhouse gases.”Read More »
Disaster Relief Pass-Over
November 11, 2024
Paul Jacob on partisanship at FEMA.Read More »
Exemplary Rejections
November 8, 2024
Paul Jacob celebrates voters in three states who protected their …Read More »
Not Now
November 7, 2024
Paul Jacob on political lessons to be learned — or …Read More »

Catnip for Arrogant Politicians
SharingArkansas Sen. Alan Clark pretends that his bill, Senate Joint …
None Dare Call It Careerism
SharingLet’s build a wall, I said last week, between the Office of …
Fast-Moving Planet
SharingThis presidential campaign is about change, but it’s outside of …
Mass Corruption
SharingAh, these United States — which is most corrupt? New Jersey’s a traditional favorite. …
Why Congress Can’t Read
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Gloating Time?
Sharing“The freak-out was something to behold,” I wrote two years ago. Newly …
Congress’s King
SharingPolitics today reveals a troubling dialectic. Thesis: President Trump boasts that …
Memed Into the Public Domain?
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Extremist Against Charity
SharingVermont’s favorite son, Senator Bernie Sanders, has a long history of …
Slaves All?
SharingA bizarre argument is gaining popularity: the United States of …

Once the most potent moral figure in Western culture was Jesus Christ. Believer or unbeliever, you took your ethical bearings from him, or professed to. To question his morals was to expose yourself as a monster. Now, the most potent moral figure in Western culture is Adolf Hitler. It is as monstrous to praise him as it would once have been to disparage Jesus. He has become the fixed reference point by which we define evil.
Alec Ryrie, Unbelievers: An Emotional History of Doubt (November 2019). See also “The End of the Age of Hitler,” First Things, November 2024.

— Alec Ryrie