EDITOR’S NOTE: This is an excerpt from Cal Thomas’ new book “America’s Expiration Date: The Fall of Empires and Superpowers . . . and the Future of the United States.” Copyright (C) 2020 by Cal Thomas. Used by permission of Zondervan.
I love definitions because they help focus the mind. For decades, we are said to have been in a culture war. As in any war, it helps to know one’s enemy.
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