Opinion Piece Advocates Principled Accommodation Over Culture War Tactics

An opinion article published on May 17, 2026, argues that pluralism should not be treated as a sign of weakness in public debate. The authors state that the fiercest culture warriors of any sort view the desire of people of different beliefs, convictions, and worldviews to get along in spite of those differences as nothing but capitulation.

The article appears in the Dispatch Faith newsletter, which focuses on religion and faith topics.

Reneau serves as executive editor at The Dispatch and is based in Greeneville, Tennessee. He previously worked as editor of WORLD Magazine and as editor of a daily newspaper in East Tennessee. Thomas B. U.S. D.C. Circuit from 2005 to 2020. He currently lectures on law at Harvard University and is a fellow at Brigham Young University’s Wheatley Institute.

Joshua M. Topham is a Barry Scholar at the University of Oxford, where he studies political theology and institutions. He will begin studies at Yale Law School in the fall.