Beyond being merely a voice of "protest," pacifism has no cache in the real world of politics, public policy and foreign affairs. This is perfectly obvious in the case of the classical Christian pacifist (discussed in my last post here) who refuses, as a matter of principle, to become involved in politics, public policy, foreign…
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In recent decades, “big tent” conservatism has seemed on the brink of collapse, its poles buckling under competing constituencies with “values” voters in one corner pitted against fiscal conservatives in the other. Discussions among academics and media pundits suggest these are two distinct categories of Republicans—the former made up of mainly working-class white evangelicals and…
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