Let me begin with a confession that should not have to be made: I am relieved. Not proud. Not impressed. Not moved to any celebration. But I am relieved that a two-week pause exists where there was none — that the word “ceasefire,” however fragile, however dishonored by the men who negotiated it, has replaced […]
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At 8:03 a.m. on Easter Sunday, the President of the United States posted a war threat on social media. He named a target. He named a day. He dropped profanity. He invoked Allah. He signed his name in all caps. This is the man with the nuclear codes. Donald Trump woke up this morning, while […]
On September 5, 2024, a voter at the Economic Club of New York asked Donald Trump what he planned to do about the cost of child care. He called it a “very important issue.” He said, specifically of daycare, “In this country, you have to have it.” Of course, he was running for president then. […]
There is a temptation, in times of war and outrage, to flatten the world into two categories: those who condemn evil and those who enable it. It is a tempting simplicity. It is also a lie. Let us be precise about Iran. Not careful. Precise. The Islamic Republic of Iran is a theocratic dictatorship. It […]
He started a war nobody asked for, and now he’s angry that nobody wants to finish it for him. Let that sink in. Roll it around. Hold it up to the light. A man who spent years telling NATO it was worthless, who stood before cameras and informed the alliance that American troops had carried […]
“He who is the author of war, lets loose the whole contagion of hell, and opens a vein that bleeds a nation to death.”— Thomas Paine, 1778 These are not merely times that try men’s souls. These are times that test whether we possess souls at all. We were promised an end to regime change. […]
“The ice is tilted,” we hockey fans say when one team is so dominant it feels as though they are skating downhill while their opponent claws uphill for oxygen. One end of the rink becomes a siege. The puck rarely leaves it. Momentum is obvious. When the White House elevates the U.S. men’s hockey team […]
Friends. Americans. Countrymen: We were asked to stand. Stand, if we believe the first duty of government is to protect citizens before “illegals.” And many did stand. For who would not stand for safety?Who would not defend his child, his street, his own door? I am a citizen.I claim the protection of this nation gladly. […]
A short sermon on a Gospel of selective holiness There is a peculiar modern theological belief that insists Jesus Christ would absolutely approve of tearing children from their parents, warehousing human beings in concrete pens, and cracking a few ribs along the way, all in His holy name. But a buttercream rose on a cake […]
There is something profoundly unwell about a president who sees rebellion in every raised voice, treason in every crowd, and enemies in the governed themselves. This week, Donald Trump once again demonstrated that his presidency is not merely authoritarian in instinct, but unstable in execution. In response to protests in Minneapolis following an aggressive federal […]