Commentary
The reason politics is so envenomed right now—so anxious, so cruel, so all-consuming—is that it’s not really about politics. It’s about religion.
Marchers kneel in solidarity for eight minutes and 46 seconds in honor of George Floyd during the All Black Lives Matter Solidarity March in Los Angeles on June 14, 2020. Rodin Eckenroth/Getty Images
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Joseph Bottum
Author
Joseph Bottum, Ph.D., is director of the Classics Institute at Dakota State University. His most recent book is “The Decline of the Novel.”
