Yes, Virginia, There’s a God in Heaven

Every Christmas Day, our local area newspaper publishes an editorial that is titled “Yes, Virginia, There is a Santa Claus.”  It was written many decades ago to remind a young girl that Santa Claus is real and it is okay to believe in him. Last night’s stunning and historic American presidential election brought those words back to my…

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Yes, (State of) Virginia, There Is a God

“Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus” is a line from “Is There a Santa Claus?”–an editorial that appeared in an 1897 edition of the New York Sun. It ranks as the most reprinted newspaper editorial in the English language. Virginia was a little girl who needed assurance of faith in Santa. On November 9,…

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Yes, Virginia, There’s a Deep State. In Fact, There Are Two.

Our local newspaper runs an annual editorial at Christmastime called “Yes, Virginia, There’s a Santa Claus.” Its point is that some things that are invisible can be true none-the-less.

Last November, when Donald Trump was elected president of the United States against all odds and poll numbers, I modified the headline to “Yes, Virginia, There is a God”–to again prove that things unseen can have a hand in events on earth.

Now it’s time to borrow the phrase once more:

Yes, Virginia, There is a Deep State. In Fact, There are Two.

You can’t understand what’s going on in America right now without getting this. 

Here’s why.

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