I truly enjoyed the nationalism debate between Jonah and Rich at last week's National Review Institute Ideas Summit. It will be the debate that spawns a dozen essays (I'd urge you to read Kevin Williamson's piece posted weekend), but I'd like to make a short point based on an argument Rich made about the nation of Israel.
In the midst of the debate, Rich channeled Israeli scholar Yoram Hazony's book and argued that the example of ancient Israel stands not just as an enduring example of the power of nationalism but also that God essentially ordained nationalism when he chose Abraham to be his servant, shepherded Israel through captivity, and established the laws that ordered and governed Israel.
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