This is a really good piece from Brandon McGinley at First Things

…rejecting the “dirty hands” thesis Jean Bethke Elshtain put forward a decade ago in defense of doing evil that good may come of it. It has placed Christian in the current bind they find themselves in and, like all Faustian Bargains, given them nothing in return. Bravo! Elshtain’s thesis was that strong-minded leadership sometimes requires [Read More...]