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Tabin and Falwell

By on 5.15.07 @ 10:41PM

John, when it comes to a person who has just died, I suspect the old Thumper rule should be firmly in effect. Ambiguity is allowable, but plain old critique doesn't seem too kosher. It's not like the guy was a dictator, you know? He was a gaffe-prone evangelist who helped bring us Ronald Reagan. Not terrible.

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Hunter Baker is associate dean of arts and sciences and associate professor of political science at Union University. He is the author of The End of Secularism and winner of the 2011 Michael Novak Award. His personal website is www.hunterbaker.wordpress.com.

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