Are Bari Weiss and Protestant Franco the Only Options?

October 20th, 2025 | 7 min read

James Diddams of Providence recently wrote an interesting short column for First Things on the political coalitions that orthodox Christians might seek out in the post-Trump world.

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Jake Meador

Jake Meador is the editor-in-chief of Mere Orthodoxy. His writing has appeared in The Atlantic, Commonweal, First Things, Books & Culture, National Review, Comment, Books & Culture, and Christianity Today. He is a contributing editor with Plough and a contributing writer at the Dispatch. He lives in his hometown of Lincoln, NE with his wife and four children.

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