History shows that when institutions block incremental correction, they invite catastrophic resets—a price we can no longer afford in the nuclear age. This forms a core chapter of my new book. I would be glad to share the full text by email if convenient.

documentary editing. I recently published a new book, which I believe offers a unique framework for your visual storytelling approach. I've just been following you, and I'd love to chat privately if you have a moment. Happy New Year!"

"Hi James, I'm the author of the article you liked today, 'On the Boundaries Between Secular Government and Divine Authority.' I've noticed your expertise in non-zero-sum logic and

Congratulations on the Best Editing award, James! As a critic who values 'gnawing on the bones of truth' over academic fluff, I find your focus on non-zero-sum logic deeply intriguing. Great storytelling and sharp critique often share the same blade. Cheers from a 'Wild Dog'

That's all I can post for now. For the full and uncompromising commentary (approximately 7000 words), please visit my blog. It's time to rediscover public reason.

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weakness; it is the very condition of public
legitimacy.
These principles are products of reason. They survive only insofar as they withstand logical
scrutiny and public debate. Religious doctrines, by contrast—whether Catholic, Jewish, or
Islamic—are grounded in revelation.

realm because they were sacred, but precisely because they were not. Their authority rests
on their openness to challenge. They can be questioned, criticized, revised, and—when
necessary—replaced. This vulnerability is not a

is deeply misguided.
The problem is not theological, but constitutional.
I. Only What Can Be Offended Belongs in the Public
Square
Democracy, liberty, and republican government did not become the foundations of the public

United States. He celebrates what might be called sacred pluralism: a public order in which
multiple faiths coexist at the moral center of political life, bound together by shared
reverence for transcendence. The argument is rhetorically elegant. Institutionally, however, it

account, the American Revolution did not merely reject earthly monarchs; it replaced them
with a higher sovereignty—God as King—from which liberty and equality are said to derive.
Soloveichik presents this arrangement as a distinctive and even radical achievement of the

In his article “How the Bible Helped Smash the Crown,” published in The Free Press on
December 23, 2025, Meir Soloveichik argues that the cornerstone of American equality lies
not in secular political reasoning, but in submission to “sacred authority.” According to this

Do Not Shackle Public Reason with the Sacred
On the Boundary Between Secular Government and Sacred Authority
A Review of Meir Soloveichik’s “How the Bible Helped Smash the Crown”
(The Free Press, December 23, 2025)

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