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Article: Faith of our father.(Under God: George Washington and the Question of Church and State)(Book review)
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- The American Conservative
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- May 19, 2008
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[Under God: George Washington and the Question of Church and State, Tara Ross & Joseph C . Smith Jr., Spence Publishing, 317 pages]
THE MOST REFRESHING thing about Under God: George Washington and the Question of Church and State is what is not found in its 317 pages. The foreign-born big names, many of whom never set foot in this country--but who are somehow presumed to know best by the American conservative intelligentsia--are all given a sabbatical by authors Tara Ross and Joseph C. Smith Jr.
Let's say, for the record, that Aquinas, Smith, Burke, von Mises, Hayek, Rand, and Strauss were mostly a fine bunch. But let's also note that many rightist ...