Soporific Power

Faith & Culture by Ben Dybas

Sep 17, 2020Religion & Spirituality

“Why does opium make us sleep? Because of its soporific power.” So ran Molière’s send-up of self-important Parisian physicians. Sohrab Ahmari’s “ The Trouble with Christian Leftism ” invites a similar question-and-answer...

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