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Against the Night: Living in the New Dark Ages, by Charles Colson with Ellen Santilli Vaughn (Vine Books, 208 pp., $12.95)

There is a temptation among writers (abetted by their usually unindicted co-conspirators, publishers) to affect voices of authority, even when their actual command of a topic is limited to the common ground of personal opinion; such opinions generally being the result of some light reading.

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Brad Miner

Brad Miner, a former Literary Editor of National Review, is senior editor of The Catholic Thing website. This article is taken in part from his book The Compleat Gentleman: The Modern Man’s Guide to Chivalry, now available in a Third Edition from Regnery Gateway.

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Against the Night: Living in the New Dark Ages, by Charles Colson with Ellen Santilli Vaughn (Vine Books, 208 pp., $12.95)

There is a temptation among writers (abetted by their usually unindicted co-conspirators, publishers) to affect voices of authority, even when their actual command of a topic is limited to the common ground of personal opinion; such opinions generally being the result of some light reading.

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About the Author

Brad Miner

Brad Miner, a former Literary Editor of National Review, is senior editor of The Catholic Thing website. This article is taken in part from his book The Compleat Gentleman: The Modern Man’s Guide to Chivalry, now available in a Third Edition from Regnery Gateway.