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G.K. Chesterton and the Patriotism of Flag Day
I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands, one Nation under God, indivisible, with
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America’s Empire of Nations
Russia’s unwarranted aggression toward Ukraine has not only shattered the peace of Europe and unleashed a torrent of economic and physical
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Is David French a Christian Nationalist? Manufacturing Christian Nationalism
On January 6, 2021, I was flying home from a speaking engagement. During my layover, I received an email from a freelance journalist who was writing
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G.K. Chesterton’s Lessons for Patriotism and the Olympics
The world is watching as Beijing hosts the XXIV Winter Olympiad. There is something about the Olympics that elicits national pride, from the
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To Challenge China, America Must Believe in Itself Again
Buying out American researchers. Constructing a new naval base in West Africa to establish a foothold in the Atlantic. Aiding the development of
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Day 8: One for All
The Christmas story suggests that we can somehow try to be loyal members of our nations, our families, our tribes—and to reach out to the broader
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Day 8: One for All
PDF Button The Christmas story suggests that we can somehow try to be loyal members of our nations, our families, our tribes—and to reach out
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The Civil War Offers Public Diplomacy Lessons: A Review of Doyle’s The Cause of All Nations
In mid-July 1862, Confederate envoy John Slidell met secretly with French Emperor Napoleon III at the latter’s private vacation home in Vichy, far
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Erdogan’s Turkey and the American Guilt Gap
The long overdue official US recognition of the Armenian Genocide by the Biden administration is a very positive event. The administration deserves
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World Community and the Folly of World Government: What Reinhold Niebuhr Said
“World Community and World Government,” by Reinhold Niebuhr Another petition has gone to the president, signed by a thousand distinguished
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Avarayr: A Short History of Armenia’s Great Battle
In 451 CE under the command of Vartan Mamikonian, Armenians fought the Sasanian Persians in one of the first battles to defend Christianity: the
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The Nations in the Bible
One of the main themes of the scriptures of the Old and New Testaments is the nations, a subject that remains largely in the background in the Old
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A Modest Defense of (a Form of) Christian Nationalism
Few labels elicit more ire in the views of contemporary Americans, Christians and non-Christians alike, than the two-word moniker, “Christian
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Unpunished Murder in Northern Ireland Remembered: A Review of Patrick Radden Keefe’s Say Nothing
At roughly 7:00 one evening in early December 1972, the children of Jean McConville answered the door to their home at Divis Flats in Belfast,
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The Capitol Storming Epitomizes the Shift from a Religious to Post-Religious Right
The picture went around the world: a face-painted, bare-chested, spear-carrying man, covered in tattoos, wearing animal skins and Viking-style