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Peter Partee's avatar

Integralism, as defined in Galston's article, is bone-chillingly frightening. It basically seeks to toss the genius of our Constitution and indeed the genius of "an agreeable form of anarchy" on essentially religious grounds. That any scholarly or even intelligent commentator could support such an approach with full knowledge of US history is astonishing. By my lights, this is just state-supported religion rearing its very ugly head all over again, and it is unfortunately a direct response to the illiberalism being exhibited by the far left these days. And Twitter et al. make it seem like both extremes are indicative of ordinary American views when in fact the vast majority of Americans vigorously disagree on both counts--even those that are fervently religious. Hitch! We miss you and need you so very badly!!

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Chuong Nguyen's avatar

Conservative Catholics need to look back on William F. Buckley and Michael Novak to combat illiberalism, instead of Ahmari and Vermeule to fuel the fires of the culture war.

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