Peter Wehner
Peter Wehner is a former senior fellow at the Ethics and Public Policy Center.
Peter Wehner is a former senior fellow at the Ethics and Public Policy Center.
Courage and Honor in Ukraine
Peter Wehner
The human virtues being displayed in a terrible human drama have changed public opinion.
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The Atlantic / March 2, 2022
Trump Is Obsessed with Being a Loser
Peter Wehner
Donald Trump’s 2020 defeat is his obsession; it has pulled him into a deep, dark place. He wants to pull the rest of us into it as well.
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The Atlantic / February 7, 2022
Biden Undermined Faith in Elections
Peter Wehner
The president is heightening the distrust in democracy that he promised to reduce.
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The Atlantic / February 1, 2022
Why It Matters That Support for Israel Among Young Evangelicals Is Falling
Peter Wehner
Christians of every age should find themselves broadly sympathetic to and supportive of Israel—not in spite of their commitment to social justice but because of it.
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The Bulwark / January 25, 2022
What’s Happening on the Left Is No Excuse for What’s Happening on the Right
Peter Wehner
To regard the radical left as a reason to excuse, minimize or ignore the malign movement on the right is an abrogation of conservative duty and principle.
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The New York Times / January 20, 2022
The Gospel of Donald Trump Jr.
Peter Wehner
The former president’s son told a crowd that the teachings of Jesus have “gotten us nothing.”
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The Atlantic / December 26, 2021
Why Jesus Never Stopped Asking Questions
Peter Wehner
Christmas is meaningful, for those of us of the Christian faith, because it situates each of our lives — the joys and the sorrows, the hope and the despair, the dramatic and the mundane — in a larger narrative: Not only did God author it; the son of God became a protagonist within it.
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The New York Times / December 23, 2021
Philip Yancey’s Message of Grace
Peter Wehner
Fifteen years after an accident almost claimed his life, the Christian author reflects on grace, forgiveness, and faith.
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The Atlantic / November 25, 2021
The Evangelical Church Is Breaking Apart
Peter Wehner
The aggressive, disruptive, and unforgiving mindset that characterizes so much of our politics has found a home in many American churches.
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The Atlantic / October 24, 2021
Biden’s Long Trail of Betrayals
Peter Wehner
President Biden’s botched withdrawal from Afghanistan is the latest blunder in a foreign-policy record filled with them.
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The Atlantic / August 18, 2021
You’re Being Manipulated
Peter Wehner
Political partisans are using social media to divide, dominate, disorient, and ultimately demoralize the people on the other side.
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The Atlantic / July 14, 2021
Will Christian America Withstand the Pull of QAnon?
Peter Wehner
None of us can fully escape the downsides and the dark sides of our communities and our culture. The question is whether those who profess to be followers of Jesus show more of a capacity than they have recently to rise above them, to be self-critical instead of simply critical of others, to shine light into our own dark corners, even to add touches of grace and empathy in harsh and angry times.
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The New York Times / June 18, 2021