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‘Hitting Pay Dirt’ vs. ‘Remember You Are Dust’

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Vivek Ramaswamy speaks during AmericaFest, the first Turning Point USA summit since the death of Charlie Kirk, in Phoenix, Ariz., December 19, 2025.

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The president of the United States, Donald Trump, would like you to know that “the Dumocrats” and the “fake news” don’t realize that Vivek Ramaswamy’s despicable ad using his opponent’s mother calling her a liar is an example of “hitting pay dirt” and is so good.

On Ash Wednesday, the beginning of Lent every year, a priest puts ashes on the penitent’s forehead and may say, “Remember that you are dust, and to dust you shall return” (based on Genesis 3:19).

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Kathryn Jean Lopez

Kathryn Jean Lopez is a senior fellow at the National Review Institute and the religion editor of National Review. Sign up for her weekly newsletter here. She is the author of A Year with the Mystics: Visionary Wisdom for Daily Living.

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