A message on the Ides of March:
The Ides of March (March 15th) was a day in the Roman calendar for religious observances, but it became infamous as the date of Julius Caesar’s assassination in 44 BC, immortalized by Shakespeare’s warning, “Beware the Ides of March,” making the term a symbol of impending doom or betrayal. Originally just the midpoint of the month, it marked important dates for settling debts and religious rituals, but Caesar’s murder transformed it into a fateful day signifying calamity and the end of the Roman Republic.
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“However novel this may seem, it reflects one of the oldest habits of the liberal Protestant tradition to which Talarico belongs: championing progressive social causes just as they are losing favor with the public. Talarico is not a sign of where America is heading but where it has been.”
“Given that the report’s liberal Presbyterian authors reject so much Christian morality, she pointedly asks them, ‘Why remain Christian at all?’
Carl R. Trueman, James Talarico represents Christianity’s past, not its future, The Washington Post, March 13, 2026.
If you flip the nonsense in the spiral historiography, you can see the stupidity on all partisan sides:
“However novel this may seem, it reflects one of the oldest habits of the conservative Protestant tradition to which [name of a favourite hero] belongs: championing ‘Christian’ social causes just as they are losing favour with the public. [name of a favourite hero] is not a sign of where America is heading but where it has been.”
“Given that the report’s conservative Presbyterian authors reject so much Christian morality, she pointedly asks them, ‘Why remain Christian at all?’
The rhetoric and beliefs of the forementioned are not the intelligent way forward.
This is the intelligent way forward out of the spiral which is:
That is, radical enough to shift the agenda, liberal enough to allow everyone a decent place in the social environment, and conservative enough to preserve the legacy of good value…for contributory economy.
This is the intelligent way forward.
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Neville Buch
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