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Michelle Togut's avatar

I found this site through Andrew Sullivan's link to your Rod Dreher piece, although I've read a number over your pieces over the years. I appreciate iconoclasts who can take a critical look at all sides of an issue. Looking forward to seen what you have to say.

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DonM's avatar

Thanks for the (unexpected) response. I am a retired university professor and was a life-long Republican until the day Trump was elected. I am also a former seminarian (and lapsed Catholic), so I found your discussion of your experience at First Things quite interesting. I decided the Catholic Church was a thoroughly corrupt institution while I was studying to be a Benedictine monk and made a quick exit.. I agree with your observations about Douthat, but I see him as insufficiently attentive to the apparent trend towards theocracy (loosely defined) in the US, perhaps because of his strong attachment to Catholicism. I recently obtained a British passport (thanks to being a “WWII war baby,”) and will move there promptly if Trump is elected in 2024, despite the current sorry state of affairs there.

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