Many years ago when I took up fly fishing, an old friend became my guru. He sent missives on everything from rod and line selection to the simple glories of Pflueger Medalist reels, from stream tactics to fishing philosophy. All of this is useful to consider when plunging into a pastime that, if you’re doing it right, will come to resemble an obsessive-compulsive disorder, causing one to give short shrift to family, work, personal hygiene, and other onerous preoccupations of the adult world.
An Epic Debate on Trump and True Evangelicalism
In which journalist Matt Labash (a Never Trumper) and radio host Eric Metaxas (a Trump supporter) agree to disagree
Illustrations by Brandon Celi
Through the many upheavals of the Trump era, one trend has remained strikingly stable: the mobilization of the white evangelical community as diehard supporters of the forty-fifth president. It’s a convergence of interests that, on paper at least, appears unlikely in the extreme. Trump’s acquaintance with the Bible and its dictates might generously be described as “passing,” and his personal conduct, both in his business dealings and his elective affinities, falls a good deal short of Christian ideals. How do sincere Protestant believers work through the many seeming tensions and contradictions that assail Trumpism as a de facto religious movement? To get to the bottom of things,
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GRASSROOTS STICK WITH TRUMP The recriminations came swiftly after Wednesday’s deadly insurrection at the Capitol, in calls for President Donald Trump’s impeachment and White House resignations that spilled over into today, David Siders writes.
this job i ve been privileged to hold. it s amazing. this is my last day. as president of the united states of america. special airs tonight at 10:00 p.m. and saturday and sunday at 8:00 p.m. on fox news, so be sure to tune in over the weekend. who is up next? tuck centre. i spent all day reading political blogs, newspapers, arguing politics. at the end of the day when i want to decelerate, i go to a place you ve probably never been. a blog called small stream reflections. a man who spends his life catching brook trout in small new england streams. he s not a professional writer. but he s the most sincere person. and the most appreciative of nature and god s creation, i think i ve ever read. really a great way. do you think that matt labash goes to that blog? we talked about it today, actually.
many bells and whistles for creepy people to creep into your life. that makes more sense now. it s distractions. general distractions with a flip phone. his answer, he bought a seven-year-old motorola razor. great. i love those phones. there s something to this. the best writer i know, matt labash, famous magazine writer i am. doesn t have a smartphone. he s one of the people i know doesn t. his memory is better. he s more at peace. totally undistracted. his point is, i don t want to be reached all the time. i want time to think and be reached. you can be reached with a dumb phone. one of the bottom lines in research is that multi-tasking does not work. it does not work. when you see these latest samsung ads where you can do e-mail and watch video at the same time. i don t want to be on the receiving end of that e-mail that you re writing while you re watching a video at the same time. maybe we should go back to do