Tony Blair and John Kerry gave a joint session on Friday to a class at Yale as part of Blair's Faith Foundation work, which was livestreamed across the internet to an audience that fluctuated between 50 and 70. The 6,999,999,930 of you who didn't listen in missed something valuable.
Seven years ago, they were among the most powerful people on the planet. They're still very good politicians. They're smart, but not intellectuals: they are interested in changing the world rather than understanding it, and it is as practical men trying to change the world that they have come to the conclusion that religion matters, won't go away, and will matter more and more.
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