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Jonah Goldberg keeps referencing the idea that in our presidency-driven age, we have turned "government" into the "state," meaning that what used to be mundane politics is now more driven by religious overtones in which our whole lives seem caught up in who "rules" us and which "side" is winning. It's a throwback to a monarchical age in which it really, really mattered whether the king was a Catholic or a Protestant.

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One of the reasons I appreciate the call to "Make Politics Boring Again."

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