Hardwired into religious traditions, as part of longstanding sensibilities, are teachings about justice, care for the weak, and attention to the common good: teachings that command nontrivial respect in the public sphere.... Common sense plus the moral legacies of our religious traditions add up to a combined weight that is not trivial. We may not be able to fight a riptide, but if we can fund a war, then surely we can fund a school.

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NOTE: I am publishing tomorrow, in October 2024, a note to link back to this article which has continuing relevance even though it first...

An Open Letter to Senator Corker, Senator Alexander, and Representative Duncan: When I talk to people less pessimistic than I am about...

When the Mafia-backed entrepreneur and con man Donald Trump captured a majority of electoral college votes—although, of course, not a...