List: Essays on MAGA | Curated by Rolland "Rollie" Smith

Jan 10, 2025
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Essays on MAGAThese are essays I wrote to think about what is happening to America before and after the election of 2016
Rolland "Rollie" Smith
Christmas For a Secular HumanistCan a person be both a postmodern secular humanist[1], a critical thinker and activist who rejects superstition and supernatural entities…
Jan 10
Jan 10
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Letter to my Friend and Colleague Dale in Canada on the Great Debate Signaling the End of the…Is the Idea being extinguished?
Jun 28, 2024
Jun 28, 2024
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In the Beginning is the Story:The Myths of (Hu)Men and Gods
Apr 22, 2024
Apr 22, 2024
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Ideas Matter:Democratic Power and Authoritarian Force (2nd Edition)
Mar 18, 2024
Mar 18, 2024
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A Search for My Country:Understanding and Responding to the last 8 years
Feb 5, 2024
Feb 5, 2024
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Poor George Will:Reflection on his Jan 21 column: Trumps Kinship with his Critics
Jan 17, 2021
Jan 17, 2021
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Just War vs Just Cause
Oct 28, 2023
Oct 28, 2023
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The Public Faith: The US Civic Religion (New Edition)My family, friends, and colleagues know well that I have been grieving the 2016 election as an instance of a worldwide return to the…
Feb 5, 2024
Feb 5, 2024
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America Without God?Transcendence, Yes; Transcendents, No
Aug 2, 2021
Aug 2, 2021
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In Praise of Elites and Capitals: In a Democratic RepublicA Response to David Brooks
Aug 27, 2023
Aug 27, 2023
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America Without God?The new radical conservatives citing cancel culture deplore the increasing secularization of America. Many say that the nation is losing…
Mar 30, 2021
Mar 30, 2021
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Journey to the Beloved Community: An American ExperienceRollie Smith — July 4, 2019
Jul 13, 2019
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Jul 13, 2019
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The Conscience of a ProgressiveA Critique of George Will and Timothy Sandefur
Feb 4, 2024
Feb 4, 2024
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My CredoI believe that faith is what unites us — to each other, to ourselves, and to the universe. Beliefs, like this very credo, are culturally…
Oct 19, 2022
Oct 19, 2022
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My Political Party PositionI am not a Democrat, but I am most assuredly a democrat.
Oct 19, 2022
Oct 19, 2022
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The End of Trumpism and the New Beginning of HistoryReflections on Fukuyama’s “Identity: The Demand for Dignity and the Politics of Resentment”
Jan 12, 2021
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Jan 12, 2021
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Power and Greatness: Leadership without ViolenceBernie and I have been meditating the life and meaning of John Hume whose funeral we just observed. His event comes quickly after the…
Aug 15, 2020
Aug 15, 2020
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Words Matter: In Defense of the Politically CorrectThe old saw we learned as kids is not so: “sticks and stones may break your bones, but names can never hurt you.” They can hurt. We knew…
Jul 1, 2020
Jul 1, 2020
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The Decline of Trumpian Political OrderHowever, I urge consulting this magnificent and comprehensive study of politics by the author of The End of History for excellent insights…
Feb 21, 2020
Feb 21, 2020
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Conservative Sensibility and Progressive Common SenseThe first section of Sunday’s Post, by fortune or design, had two articles face to face. One a segment of long-time columnist George…
Jun 3, 2019
Jun 3, 2019