'Winsome' Christianity Died With Charlie

And: After Europe's Fall; Pope Francis's Drone Apotheosis

Sep 25, 2025

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Image from near the beginning of Charlie Kirk memorial service

David Brooks has a somewhat thoughtful column today about God and politics (I’ve used one of my gift links to ungate it for you all). Excerpts:

My friend Jonathan Rauch likes to remind people that he is a gay atheist Jew, but in his recent book “Cross Purposes: Christianity’s Broken Bargain Wi…

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