Benjamin Dueholm
By Benjamin Dueholm
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Opinion Why aren’t Republicans angry at Trump for losing?
Donald Trump refuses to accept that he has lost re-election. Whether it is more in defense of his personal ego or his public corruption, this refusal appears set to last right up until he leaves office on January 20, 2021. And whether from fear or conviction or simply from having been fired, the personnel of…
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Opinion Stop saying ‘science is on the ballot.’ Only morality can sway voters.
In last night’s debate, when Joe Biden said “we don’t trust” President Trump on a coronavirus vaccine, but “we trust the scientists, we trust Dr. Fauci,” he wasn’t just talking about the politics of a vaccine; he was sounding a theme that has become prominent in Democratic politics: trust in science and scientific experts to…
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Opinion Seriously, liberals: Don’t bring up Amy Coney Barrett’s religion
Whether or not Judge Amy Coney Barrett is named to the Supreme Court seat held by the late Ruth Bader Ginsburg in the coming days, as many observers seem to expect, I want to propose a compromise: Questions and speculation about a nominee’s religious beliefs and affiliations should be off limits, while questions about their…
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Opinion American churches think they can ignore Covid and racial justice. But they aren’t going away.
On a late June Sunday, Americans were treated to jaw-dropping images of a festive, mask-free patriotic rally with Vice President Pence at a Dallas megachurch, First Baptist. Local COVID-19 cases were already rising sharply, on their way to making Texas one of the epicenters of the summer surge, and unprecedented protests for police reform and…
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Opinion Yes, Black Lives Matter is religious. That’s a good thing.
No sooner had protesters poured into the streets following the killing of George Floyd by a Minneapolis police officer than commentators started offering interpretations. One provocative thesis: The Black Lives Matter movement has become a new religion. It was not meant as praise. One writer cringes at the “surrender-worship posture” of one Bethesda, Maryland demonstration…
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Opinion Warren’s departure leaves Sanders as the only hope for change
On Thursday, Elizabeth Warren ended her campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination. Warren’s departure not only finalized the narrowing of a historically large and diverse primary field down to two; it represented the closing of one possible path for the party to take following its 2016 disaster, with Sanders and Biden giving voters a stark…
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Opinion Bloomberg is the Democrats’ Trump
Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders has ridden a polling upswing and winning the most votes in Iowa and New Hampshire to a tenuous but undeniable status as the Democrats’ 2020 front-runner. In response to Sanders’ rise, party leaders and media figures have expressed dread at the prospect of being led by a democratic socialist who has…
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