Christian nationalists have the same objections to democracy that Dostoyevsky’s Grand Inquisitor has to Christ’s vision.
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The Founders vs. Dostoyevsky’s Inquisitor
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Channeling the Spirit of Washington
Daniel Webster’s poem longing for a return of George Washington’s spirit may be even more relevant now than it was in 1801.
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Can a Dream Hold Us Together?
In “Midnight’s Children,” Rushdie shows the forces destroying India’s dream of national unity. Americans will find it familiar.
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