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FEBRUARY 7, 2026
The Rough Stone and the Smooth Lie: Why Character is Not the Only Measure of a King
In the history of moral theology, there is a crucial distinction between the private virtue of the ruler and the public justice of his laws. The modern critic, obsessed with the aesthetics of politics, often misses this. They look at a figure like Donald Trump—brash, flawed, comb...