A kind of pagan or heathen figure

TODAY (July 19, Saturday)

Ross Douthat : Julie K. Brown interview "What remains

to be revealed about Epstein's 2nd arrest in 2019 for sex

crimes, about what the govt. COULD release but hasn't,

and how the story is bigger than Epstein.

NYTimes.com/2025/07/19/opinion/interesting-times-julie-k-brown-epstein.html

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Ross Douthat focused on Faith / Religion / Conservative Politics /

Philosophy / Political movements & 21st Century / History

NY TIMES columnist / acclaimed author

OPINION PAGE:

. . .I think of Trump as, persistently,

a kind of pagan or heathen figure,

much more than he is a Christian

figure.  Not withstanding the attempts

to claim him as a kind of King David

or Emperor Constantine.  .  . The

bargain for religious conservatives

with Trump is for protection and support.

A transactional bargain.  . .Particular

steps Trump-Vance administration has

taken are anti-Christian. . .the way in

which the foreign aid programs were

reshuffled and cut off was a failure of

Christian duty. . .

April 25 column / op-ed / 2025