‘The president doesn’t represent our faith’ (This time with links)

Even some ‘pro-life’ evangelicals, including Billy Graham’s granddaughter, repudiate Trump. 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Apologies for the multiple sends today. Thanks for reading! One of President Trump’s most loyal constituencies has been white evangelical Christians, but this year at least some are having doubts. For [my new column](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRhcwfuP0TlaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyMC8xMC8yMS9vcGluaW9uL2V2YW5nZWxpY2Fscy1lbGVjdGlvbi1iaWRlbi5odG1sP2NhbXBhaWduX2lkPTQ1JmVtYz1lZGl0X25rXzIwMjAxMDIxJmluc3RhbmNlX2lkPTIzMzUxJm5sPW5pY2hvbGFzLWtyaXN0b2YmcmVnaV9pZD03NzY3NDk1MiZzZWdtZW50X2lkPTQxNzc2JnRlPTEmdXNlcl9pZD1hYTQ5MWVmN2YxZDk2NGU0OTc5ZmI3ODRlNzRlMDFkN1cDbnl0QgoAQe6CkF-CTd6uUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAA~), I talked to some who are fed up with Trump’s behavior and policies and fear he is damaging not only the country but also the image of Christianity. Billy Graham’s granddaughter, Jerushah Duford, told me that she considers herself “pro-life” but believes that’s a policy that should apply to more than fetuses. So she is now calling on evangelicals to distance themselves from Trump, for the good of the country and faith alike. The effort within the faith world to re-examine principles, to reconsider what it means to be “pro-life,” may have consequences for this election and beyond. 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After the 2016 election debacle, it would be rash to make firm predictions. My reading of the polls is that it’s more likely that Biden will win a landslide than that Trump will win at all. But I am troubled that the betting markets have Trump with roughly a 38 percent chance of winning the presidency. To me that seems way too high, but even if it’s half that — 19 percent — I’m nervous. From my point of view, that’s like saying, there’s a 19 percent chance that a cyber attack will take out the power grid for three months, or that a huge meteorite will hit the Earth. Not so reassuring. The Hunter Biden Accusations People have been asking me what I make of the New York Post’s accusations about Hunter Biden, so here’s my take. First, it may or may not be Russian disinformation, but we should be wary of that scenario. It’s just so similar to what happened in 2016 with late-breaking emails surfacing from an unknown computer. We let Vladimir Putin put his thumbs on the scales of the 2016 election, and we shouldn’t let it happen again in 2020. The fact that two of the reporters on the article were so skeptical that they didn’t want their bylines on it suggests that this was more of a political hit job than a triumph of reporting. Second, the new emails confirm that Hunter Biden took a high-paying board position in a way that monetized his father’s position. That’s sleazy. But it’s not new, and both Hunter and Joe Biden have previously acknowledged it was a mistake for Hunter to take the position. It doesn’t suggest any wrongdoing on the part of Joe Biden. Meanwhile, it’s equally wrong for Trump’s children and Jared Kushner to monetize the Trump presidency in both the U.S. and abroad. And forget about the kids — Trump himself is monetizing his presidency. So if you’re indignant at influence-peddling, Joe Biden appears completely innocent while Trump is an egregious offender. 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After seizing the children, some of whom were just babies, the U.S. government apparently lost contact information for families, and now they can’t be located. It’s hard to know how to describe this except as government-run child abuse. What I’m Reading Nicholas Christakis is a physician and scholar who draws on his knowledge of past pandemics in a new book, [“Apollo’s Arrow,”](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRhcwfuP0T2aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubGl0dGxlYnJvd24uY29tL3RpdGxlcy9uaWNob2xhcy1hLWNocmlzdGFraXMtbWQtcGhkL2Fwb2xsb3MtYXJyb3cvOTc4MTU0OTE2MDczOC8_Y2FtcGFpZ25faWQ9NDUmZW1jPWVkaXRfbmtfMjAyMDEwMjEmaW5zdGFuY2VfaWQ9MjMzNTEmbmw9bmljaG9sYXMta3Jpc3RvZiZyZWdpX2lkPTc3Njc0OTUyJnNlZ21lbnRfaWQ9NDE3NzYmdGU9MSZ1c2VyX2lkPWFhNDkxZWY3ZjFkOTY0ZTQ5NzlmYjc4NGU3NGUwMWQ3VwNueXRCCgBB7oKQX4JN3q5SG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAA~~) to illuminate what may lie ahead for us. I’m dipping in and out of the Christakis book while also reading Fareed Zakaria’s new book, [“Ten Lessons for a Post-Pandemic World.”](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRhcwfuP4QDAWh0dHBzOi8vd3d3Lm55dGltZXMuY29tLzIwMjAvMTAvMDYvYm9va3MvcmV2aWV3L3Rlbi1sZXNzb25zLWZvci1hLXBvc3QtcGFuZGVtaWMtd29ybGQtZmFyZWVkLXpha2FyaWEuaHRtbD9jYW1wYWlnbl9pZD00NSZlbWM9ZWRpdF9ua18yMDIwMTAyMSZpbnN0YW5jZV9pZD0yMzM1MSZubD1uaWNob2xhcy1rcmlzdG9mJnJlZ2lfaWQ9Nzc2NzQ5NTImc2VnbWVudF9pZD00MTc3NiZ0ZT0xJnVzZXJfaWQ9YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDdXA255dEIKAEHugpBfgk3erlIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAA) Fareed reminds us that Western literature begins with a pandemic, at the beginning of the Iliad — and they have been with us ever since. Both have useful lessons and insights for what may lie on the other side. 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And I’m especially glad to see evangelicals grappling with the question of what “pro-life” means in ways that may lead to more liberal thinking. 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