Conservative Christian Quietly Battles Right-Wing Hysteria

The latest iteration of the right-wing culture war is fueled by a messianic, seemingly unshakable terror that the all-powerful cultural left is laying waste to all our institutions, putting it on the cusp of something akin to Rome's absolute subjugation of Carthage. In the right-wing imagination, this might be an Armageddon from which the country will never recover. Some of the right's leading culture warriors are boasting new successes. There are fresh indications that Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida -- who is using state power to punish Disney's opposition to his law restricting classroom speech -- is seriously considering a run for the GOP presidential nomination.