The Holy Ghost

Posted byRichard Fernandez

New at the Belmont Club. Why has religion frequently been viewed as a threat by worldly leaders? Something to be repressed, replaced or derided?

Belmont Club: The Ghost Problem
“History doesn’t repeat itself, but it often rhymes,” Mark Twain observed. Joe Biden’s rebranding of Easter Sunday as the Transgender Day of Visibility can be understood as part of a long line of efforts to replace a religious observance with state-sponsored ersatz.