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Tuesday, March 23, 2004

Save the Pledge!

In One Nation, Enriched by Biblical Wisdom, an excellent article defending the continued use of the phrase "One nation under God" in the Pledge of Allegience, author David Brooks contrasts Europe with the United States:
    "For example, it's been painful to watch thoroughly secularized Europeans try to grapple with Al Qaeda. The bombers declare, 'You want life, and we want death'— a (fanatical) religious statement par excellence. But thoroughly secularized listeners lack the mental equipment to even begin to understand that statement. They struggle desperately to convert Al Qaeda into a political phenomenon: the bombers must be expressing some grievance. This is the path to permanent bewilderment."