Paul D. Miller
@pauldavidmiller.bsky.social
I post about politics, religion, national security, movies, my kids. I'm a professor, writer, and veteran. Did time with US Army, CIA, and NSC. Author: https://www.amazon.com/stores/-/author/B00E68TNX2
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Happy to share that my next book, about the war in Afghanistan, is available for preorder now:
www.amazon.com/Choos...
www.amazon.com/Choos...
The UPS cargo plane crash is the first time I mistook a real video for AI. Just had a knee-jerk assumption it couldn't be real.
November 6, 2025 at 3:17 PM
The UPS cargo plane crash is the first time I mistook a real video for AI. Just had a knee-jerk assumption it couldn't be real.
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"It was clear to many observers that Charlie Kirk’s funeral last month put on display two versions of Christianity: the first, rooted in the gospel, in forgiveness and love; the second, rooted in justice, vengeance, and anger." --Paul D. Miller
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Is MAGA Christianity True Christianity?
We’re witnessing another schism in American Protestantism.
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October 12, 2025 at 10:02 PM
"It was clear to many observers that Charlie Kirk’s funeral last month put on display two versions of Christianity: the first, rooted in the gospel, in forgiveness and love; the second, rooted in justice, vengeance, and anger." --Paul D. Miller
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Anyone with the slightest pretension of caring about the rule of law should be alarmed as hell about what President Trump and his administration are doing. Either you care about the rule of law — whoever is in office — or you don’t.
September 26, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Anyone with the slightest pretension of caring about the rule of law should be alarmed as hell about what President Trump and his administration are doing. Either you care about the rule of law — whoever is in office — or you don’t.
A cheerful read for your Monday morning. My latest:
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We’re All Going to Die - Providence
The past five years’ cascade of crises points toward even darker storms ahead unless America changes course
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August 11, 2025 at 1:55 PM
A cheerful read for your Monday morning. My latest:
providencemag.com/20...
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I'm an accommodationist on the First Amendment. The Oklahoma school wasn't "accommodation." It was an outright establishment of religion. Courts were right to shoot it down.
May 22, 2025 at 3:02 PM
I'm an accommodationist on the First Amendment. The Oklahoma school wasn't "accommodation." It was an outright establishment of religion. Courts were right to shoot it down.
May 13, 2025 at 1:45 PM
April 14, 2025 at 2:38 PM
My latest:
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A Confessing Church for America’s Weimar Moment
Plus: A century of Flannery O’Connor.
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March 23, 2025 at 11:21 AM
My latest:
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Happy to share that my next book, about the war in Afghanistan, is available for preorder now:
www.amazon.com/Choos...
www.amazon.com/Choos...
March 12, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Happy to share that my next book, about the war in Afghanistan, is available for preorder now:
www.amazon.com/Choos...
www.amazon.com/Choos...
National greatness is overrated.
I'm much more interested in making American good again.
I'm much more interested in making American good again.
March 6, 2025 at 3:00 PM
National greatness is overrated.
I'm much more interested in making American good again.
I'm much more interested in making American good again.
The foreign policy cost of Trump's first term was losing Afghanistan.
The cost of his second term will be losing Ukraine.
As bad as the first was, the second is way more consequential.
The cost of his second term will be losing Ukraine.
As bad as the first was, the second is way more consequential.
February 27, 2025 at 12:55 PM
The foreign policy cost of Trump's first term was losing Afghanistan.
The cost of his second term will be losing Ukraine.
As bad as the first was, the second is way more consequential.
The cost of his second term will be losing Ukraine.
As bad as the first was, the second is way more consequential.
Coming this October.
February 25, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Coming this October.
The best thing about the Super Bowl is that now its time to talk about baseball.
February 11, 2025 at 6:51 PM
The best thing about the Super Bowl is that now its time to talk about baseball.
On birthright citizenship: Trump may actually have a point about "subject to the jurisdiction thereof" in the 14th amndt. BUT: POTUS doesn't get to unilaterally reinterpret constitutional law and overturn 150 years of precedent. If we change it, do it right, w/ another amdt.
February 11, 2025 at 6:43 PM
On birthright citizenship: Trump may actually have a point about "subject to the jurisdiction thereof" in the 14th amndt. BUT: POTUS doesn't get to unilaterally reinterpret constitutional law and overturn 150 years of precedent. If we change it, do it right, w/ another amdt.
My latest:
providencemag.com/20...
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Justice and Strategy in Just Statecraft - Providence
The term “just statecraft” is a novel but needed term which acknowledges the just war framework’s usefulness, not just for foreign policy but all areas of grand strategy
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February 11, 2025 at 2:00 PM
My latest:
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Couple thoughts on AI, DOGE, and the future of government.
1. Musk will probably succeed in finding waste, fraud, and abuse (it's not that hard), and finding *some* ways to improve govt efficiency & eliminate redundancy.
But....
1. Musk will probably succeed in finding waste, fraud, and abuse (it's not that hard), and finding *some* ways to improve govt efficiency & eliminate redundancy.
But....
February 9, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Couple thoughts on AI, DOGE, and the future of government.
1. Musk will probably succeed in finding waste, fraud, and abuse (it's not that hard), and finding *some* ways to improve govt efficiency & eliminate redundancy.
But....
1. Musk will probably succeed in finding waste, fraud, and abuse (it's not that hard), and finding *some* ways to improve govt efficiency & eliminate redundancy.
But....
The USAID thing is a classic of the Trump era.
1. Not a terrible idea to reform USAID, integrate w/ State.
2. Terrible idea to just end it overnight.
3. Possibly an illegal abuse of power for POTUS to unilaterally halt operations of an agency that Congress established and funded.
1. Not a terrible idea to reform USAID, integrate w/ State.
2. Terrible idea to just end it overnight.
3. Possibly an illegal abuse of power for POTUS to unilaterally halt operations of an agency that Congress established and funded.
February 7, 2025 at 3:14 PM
The USAID thing is a classic of the Trump era.
1. Not a terrible idea to reform USAID, integrate w/ State.
2. Terrible idea to just end it overnight.
3. Possibly an illegal abuse of power for POTUS to unilaterally halt operations of an agency that Congress established and funded.
1. Not a terrible idea to reform USAID, integrate w/ State.
2. Terrible idea to just end it overnight.
3. Possibly an illegal abuse of power for POTUS to unilaterally halt operations of an agency that Congress established and funded.
Apropos of nothing, could the Weimar Republic have survived? If we could re-run history, what were the key decision-points, and what different choices might have stopped the collapse?
February 6, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Apropos of nothing, could the Weimar Republic have survived? If we could re-run history, what were the key decision-points, and what different choices might have stopped the collapse?
I have an idea for President Trump.
Since we're going to take over Gaza, I recommend that he establish a federal agency that specializes in reconstruction and development.
If only we had thought of such a thing earlier.
Since we're going to take over Gaza, I recommend that he establish a federal agency that specializes in reconstruction and development.
If only we had thought of such a thing earlier.
February 6, 2025 at 5:33 PM
I have an idea for President Trump.
Since we're going to take over Gaza, I recommend that he establish a federal agency that specializes in reconstruction and development.
If only we had thought of such a thing earlier.
Since we're going to take over Gaza, I recommend that he establish a federal agency that specializes in reconstruction and development.
If only we had thought of such a thing earlier.
This is a good idea and I see zero problems and there is no chance of unexpected problems and this won't drag the US into an unnecessary war. Another win for the US.
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February 5, 2025 at 10:44 AM
This is a good idea and I see zero problems and there is no chance of unexpected problems and this won't drag the US into an unnecessary war. Another win for the US.
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Foreign aid is strategy, not charity. It is investment in partner capacity. Teaching fishing, not giving fish.
Most of it is military and security aid, helping other countries secure borders, catch terrorists and drug traffickers over there so we don't have to over here.
Most of it is military and security aid, helping other countries secure borders, catch terrorists and drug traffickers over there so we don't have to over here.
February 3, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Foreign aid is strategy, not charity. It is investment in partner capacity. Teaching fishing, not giving fish.
Most of it is military and security aid, helping other countries secure borders, catch terrorists and drug traffickers over there so we don't have to over here.
Most of it is military and security aid, helping other countries secure borders, catch terrorists and drug traffickers over there so we don't have to over here.
What we're seeing is the culmination of a century-long growth of the imperial presidency.
Trump is taking it further than most, but it's a continuation of a trend, not a wholly new thing.
If you don't like what you're seeing, maybe rethink your admiration of TR, Wilson, & FDR
Trump is taking it further than most, but it's a continuation of a trend, not a wholly new thing.
If you don't like what you're seeing, maybe rethink your admiration of TR, Wilson, & FDR
February 3, 2025 at 2:56 PM
What we're seeing is the culmination of a century-long growth of the imperial presidency.
Trump is taking it further than most, but it's a continuation of a trend, not a wholly new thing.
If you don't like what you're seeing, maybe rethink your admiration of TR, Wilson, & FDR
Trump is taking it further than most, but it's a continuation of a trend, not a wholly new thing.
If you don't like what you're seeing, maybe rethink your admiration of TR, Wilson, & FDR
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WATCH: When is war just, and what does justice require? @pauldavidmiller.bsky.social addresses the Providence Christianity & National Security conference.
Paul Miller on When is War Just, What Does Justice Require?
Georgetown University Professor Paul D. Miller spoke on November 1, 2024 at IRD’s annual Christianity and National Security Conference in Washington, D.C....
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December 19, 2024 at 3:20 PM
WATCH: When is war just, and what does justice require? @pauldavidmiller.bsky.social addresses the Providence Christianity & National Security conference.