No time for a long post this evening, and I don't quite feel like getting back to Gotthelf quite yet. So a pair of quick links for those interested in thinking about matters troubling our nation these days. First Things, which has turned a bit too far in a national populist direction for my taste, published a pair of nice columns this week. One is by my dad, on the meaning of the flag as a symbol of what unites Americans in spite of their differences; the other is by Wilfred McClay, on the problematic demand for moral purity that underlies the calls to tear down statues of various public figures from the past. Both worth a read.
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