A Strangeness in the Land

I suppose it’s one way to solve the problem: CNN reported a few minutes ago that the Mojave Cross , which had been the cause of a recent Supreme Court decision, has disappeared—stolen by vandals.

There is a strangeness in the land: a hatred of religion that’s sharp, palpable, and mean.

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