Gary Laderman

It shouldn’t be surprising that the most sacred concerns of Americans are also some of the most contentious political issues of our day.

Am I stepping out of bounds by raising the possibility that perhaps a good many Christians who love this country, and who hate this president and blame the government for all that ails them, are religious in ways that are not so readily apparent in their own self-image?

Hate is as American as apple pie. A sentiment stitched into the fabric of national life from the early stirrings of Revolution in the colonies.