Krauthammer’s legacy: tribalization foretold

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“In this essay, ‘The Tribalization of America,’ he was early to diagnose and give name to the quickly metastasizing disease, at the time only beginning to rip our nation asunder.” - Acton

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No One Expects the Secular Inquisition

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“In the past, American-brand religious bigotry has been largely internecine in fashion…. Now, however, bigotry with regard to religion has been directed by secular Americans against religion itself.” - Ben Shapiro

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The 7 People Christians Trust More Than Their Pastors

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“Among both Christians and Americans more broadly, 84 percent perceive nurses as having “high” or “very high” honesty and ethical standards….Doctors and pharmacists, as well as police officers and accountants, also outrank pastors.” - CToday

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Americans are more likely to find their ‘meaning in life’ in money than in faith

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“In the open-ended question, Americans are mostly likely to say family is an important source of meaning (40 percent), and in the closed-ended question they’re most likely to report they find “a great deal” of meaning in spending time with family (69 percent)….almost a fourth (23 percent) find meaning in finances and money.” - Acton

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Alcohol deaths climbing, men twice as likely to die

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“The data… show that alcohol-related deaths have climbed steadily from the 19,469 deaths recorded in 1999. Deaths from misusing alcohol did not decline at any time since that period, and they included not only alcohol poisonings but also alcoholic liver disease and cirrhosis.

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