SOMETHING DANGEROUS IS HAPPENING IN AMERICA.
WE MUST CONFRONT IT.

 
 

Americans are alarmed about the moral condition of their society today. Many in the liberal half of America worry that the political right has been taken over by amoral forces that pretend to be righteous while indulging a lust for power and wealth. Many conservative Americans fear that America's moral integrity is being eroded by an "anything goes" culture that's fostered by contemporary liberalism.

Both these worries are well-founded. Each side of America's political and cultural divide is challenged to overcome its moral blindspot.

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"There are none

so blind as those

who will not see"

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