The State Is My Shepherd, I Shall Not Want

The State Is My Shepherd, I Shall Not Want
Elementary school students use computers in a file photo in Watford City, N.D., on Dec. 17, 2014. Eric Gay/AP Photo
Lance Christensen
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The words of C.S. Lewis’s masterpiece, “The Screwtape Letters,” help me understand the ethos of the era we are living in when “feelings” are held as superior to the wisdom of hundreds of known generations before us:

Lance Christensen
Lance Christensen
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Lance Christensen is the president of California Policy Partners, a business membership association dedicated to improving economic and educational opportunities for Californians. He has two decades of public policy and political experience working in and out of the state legislature, the Department of Finance, educational nonprofits and as a candidate for State Superintendent of Public Instruction in 2022.
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