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Identity Politics, Covington Catholic, and the Soul of Our City

Identity Politics, Covington Catholic, and the Soul of Our City
Judge Brett Kavanaugh departs after testifying before the Senate Judiciary Committee during the first day of his confirmation hearing to serve as Associate Justice on the U.S. Supreme Court at the Capitol in Washington on Sept. 4, 2018. Samira Bouaou/The Epoch Times
Clifford Humphrey
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Plato famously suggested that the city is the “soul writ large” and that it’s thus easier to understand justice as it is displayed in the political community than in an individual. The Covington Catholic High School media maelstrom was a perfect storm of every identity-politics trigger in our political landscape.
Clifford Humphrey
Clifford Humphrey
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Clifford Humphrey is a postdoctoral fellow at the Institute for Human Ecology at the Catholic University of America and the Director of Admissions for Thales College. He holds a PhD in politics from Hillsdale College, and he resides in Raleigh, North Carolina.
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