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Setting Fire to Modern Civilization: On Abuse and Institutions

September 18th, 2018 | 9 min read

By Jake Meador

At this point, the fact of the GOP’s acceptance of the fact that Donald Trump assaults women is well established. So too is their acceptance of the fact that Roy Moore was a pedophileThat this fact should not keep either man from serving in public office is a well-established belief amongst Republican elites.

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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, The Dispatch, National Review, Comment, Christianity Today, and Plough. He lives in his hometown of Lincoln, NE with his wife and four children.