What’s In Your Thesaurus? (A Few Musings On the Epiphany), by Jules Gomes
January 6, 2025Daily Scripture Readings and Meditations: From Darkness and Death to Light and Life
January 6, 2025
By Tom Piatak, Chronicles, January 2025
The morning after Americans elected as president a man regularly labeled a “Nazi,” a “fascist,” a “racist,” a “mortal threat to American democracy,” and the like by mainstream news outlets—even after he was nearly killed by one would-be assassin and seriously threatened by another—I received a succinct summary of what had just happened from a long- time friend whose political views are thoughtful, considered, and often surprising: “This election restored my faith in the intelligence of the average American voter.”
Trump’s victory was broad, deep, and impressive. Despite the continuous attacks against him, Trump increased his percentage of the vote virtually everywhere and among virtually every demographic group. Trump received 2 million more popular votes than Kamala Harris and 312 electoral votes to her 226. …
