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The proper reply to right wing religiosity is not to insist that politics and religion don't mix. This is the stock response of the left.
Christopher Lasch
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Christopher Lasch
Age: 61 †
Born: 1932
Born: June 1
Died: 1994
Died: February 14
Historian
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Social Critic
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Omaha
Nebraska
Robert Christopher Lasch
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