J. Peder Zane

J. Peder Zane is a RealClearInvestigations editor and columnist. He previously worked as a book review editor and book columnist for the News & Observer (Raleigh), where his writing won several national honors. Zane has also worked at the New York Times and taught writing at Duke University and Saint Augustine’s University.

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    For too many Decembers, I told myself while decorating our tree that I really ought to re-read the gospels – or at least the dramatic nativity scene from Luke depicted in...