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The Devil Resurfaces in Ukraine
The Wall Street Journal
By Daniel HenningerEvil fell into disrepute years ago. Evil implied the possibility of a devil, and both came to be seen as impediments to some forms of private personal behavior. So we demoted evil and expanded the definitions of goodness. But banishing the devil came with a price, which is apparent as the world stares into the abyss of human ruin in Ukraine.
Vladimir Putins scorched-earth tactics resurrect the possibility in the world of an evil that is pure, compelling and undeniable.
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