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This Insights eNewsletter was sent to subscribers on February 13, 2015.

eNewsletter Subject: The Politicization of Just about Everything

Our culture seems to have a need to politicize everything, and I think this shows how weak the culture is in so many other respects. Politics has become the key to cultural relevance!

In his latest On the News commentary, Phil Lawler worries about the politicization of science, which seems not to have escaped the trend: Politicized science: the lessons of the Galileo affair.

Something similar occurred—along with a great deal more—in a recent decision by a New Jersey Superior Court judge against a group that was offering reparative services to diminish same-sex attraction. See my latest On the Culture: Dear Judge Bariso: How do we recognize disordered desires and actions?

Such things prompt both intellectual and spiritual reflection, which leads me to Thomas Van's latest essay in his series on the Church Fathers. He takes up an intriguing second century text: Church Fathers: The Shepherd of Hermas....

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