Despite JD Vance’s purported isolationism, the truth is that he and Trump both share in a Jacksonian approach to foreign policy
Jeffrey CimminoJuly 29, 2024
Christmas is important to Christians because from their point of view the Baby Jesus is the meaning of Christmas, and the meaning of Christmas is the meaning of life.
Walter Russell MeadJanuary 6, 2024
History turned a corner with the birth of Jesus Christ, and while the written reports of that event don’t tell…
Walter Russell MeadJanuary 5, 2024
If we leave religion out of our national conversation, we end up with a vapid conversation that doesn’t address the…
Walter Russell MeadJanuary 4, 2024
To get any insight at all into what Jesus’ childhood and upbringing were like, you have to do something that…
Walter Russell MeadJanuary 3, 2024
The flawed human race, trapped in a cycle of cascading pain and wrong, is what and who God is bound…
Walter Russell MeadJanuary 2, 2024
The Christmas story suggests that we can somehow try to be loyal members of our nations, our families, our tribes—and…
Walter Russell MeadJanuary 1, 2024
Now it gets tough. Yesterday’s post at the Yule Blog looked at what divides Christians and other theists from atheists; today…
Walter Russell MeadDecember 31, 2023
Yesterday, the Yule Blog featured an essay about how theists and atheists are not all that different from each other;…
Walter Russell MeadDecember 30, 2023