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For the new issue of @firstthingsmag, I spoke to Roger Scruton’s old schoolfriends, Cambridge friends and girlfriends about the early years of this unique mind:
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Important @GabrielSaidR essay, more or less exploding the myth of a pacifist St Francis:
Can Trump forgive? Me for @firstthingsmag: firstthings.com/can-trump-forg…
firstthings.com Can Trump Forgive? - First Things Lying on his deathbed after two decades of running France, Cardinal Richelieu was asked whether he forgave his enemies. “I have no enemies,” the cardinal is supposed to have... Astoundingly gifted writer, trans pioneer, and…“monster”? Me for @firstthingsmag on a fine biography of Jan Morris:
Really helpful piece on the bewildering complexities of the Trump-era right:
Meet the Post-Religious Right - My review of @ScottMGreer's new book Whitepill: The Online Right and the Making of Trump’s America firstthings.com/meet-the-post-…View quoted post on X
