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Mark Twain's War Prayer, No Longer Satire
The silent violence once hidden in patriotic prayer is now spoken aloud
Mar 30
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Karen Elizabeth Park
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Trump, Elvis, and the Malign Nostalgia of MAGA
Trump goes to Graceland while the World Burns
Mar 25
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Karen Elizabeth Park
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The Theology of War, Again
Reporting and writing on the ongoing sanctification of war
Mar 21
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Karen Elizabeth Park
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Dulce et Decorum No More
From "the old Lie" to a baseball cap
Mar 17
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Karen Elizabeth Park
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Epic Fury
From "Enduring Freedom" to the Fifth Circle of Hell
Mar 11
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Karen Elizabeth Park
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While the World Burns, He Picks the Drapes
Last summer, I wrote an essay called "Donald Trump is Dying" about Trump's relationship to death and his uncanny resemblance to Leo Tolstoy's character…
Mar 2
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Karen Elizabeth Park
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February 2026
If St. Augustine Had Watched the SOTU
On Trump's delight in violence and the politics of spectacle
Feb 28
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Karen Elizabeth Park
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Outrage Is Not an Argument
What the Ostermann controversy — and last night’s rhetoric — reveal about spectacle and power.
Feb 25
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Karen Elizabeth Park
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Washington's Birthday: Things that Never Happened for $1,000, Alex
What is: George Washington kneeling alone in the snow at Valley Forge, praying for his troops? Correct.
Feb 22
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Karen Elizabeth Park
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Ignorance as Public Virtue
Dueling Halftime Shows and the Morality of Definitely NOT Watching Bad Bunny
Feb 11
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Karen Elizabeth Park
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Read Obama and Decide if Religion is Really "Hotter than Ever"
What an actual knowledge of the Christian tradition looks and sounds like
Feb 6
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Karen Elizabeth Park
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From “F%@k Donald Trump” to “Streets of Minneapolis”
How anti-Trump protest music moved from mockery to mourning
Feb 2
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Karen Elizabeth Park
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