Politics

A Worthy Tribute to Lincoln’s Moral Heroism A new online documentary calls to mind today’s universal moral questions that demand national attention.

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Mention any major domestic dispute—from monopoly power to abortion and Drag Queen Story Hour—and a certain type of Beltway conservative is sure to shrug and say that it’s best “left to local communities.” If his political vocabulary is a little more evolved, he might justify his refusal to countenance national action by pointing to “subsidiarity,” a Catholic buzzword he imagines is interchangeable with “localism” or “federalism.”

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