Historian Karen L. Cox argues that “when it comes to Confederate monuments, there is no common ground.” In this episode, we talk with Cox about the history of Confederate monuments and how the recent racial unrest in the United States […]
Archives for June 2021
Are you a TikTok influencer?
If you answered yes to the question in the title of this post, I encourage you to read writer and English professor Barrett Swanson‘s recent piece at Harper’s. I am guessing, however, that you won’t read it. Way too long. […]
Petri: “Ivanka and Jared working to distance themselves from consequences of their own actions”
The title of Alexandra Petri’s column says it all. Here is a taste: After working very hard for years in the Trump administration, with special portfolios that included everything from Working Women to Peace in the Middle East (a subject […]
So are they aliens or not?
The Pentagon released its report on UFO‘s “unidentified aerial phenomena” yesterday. Summary: They have no idea. Here is Julian Barnes at The New York Times: Government officials on Friday were reluctant to acknowledge the potential that the phenomena could be […]
Eric Miller reviews Elisabeth Lasch-Quinn’s Ars Vitae
Eric Miller is editor of Current. Elisabeth Lasch-Quinn is a Current contributor. And some of you recall my podcast conversation with Lasch-Quinn in Episode 77 of The Way of Improvement Leads Home Podcast. Here is a taste of Miller’s review […]
Mark Noll and Vince Bacote on Christian nationalism
A good conversation sponsored by The Trinity Forum. Some comments: I love Mark Noll’s workspace. Do I see an exercise bike? I love that Vince has a copy of Carl F.H. Henry’s autobiography Confessions of a Theologian on his bookshelf. […]
What happened to Kodak?
The once great photography company is now in the pharmaceuticals business. Here is a taste of Kaitlyn Tiffany’s piece at The Atlantic: In 1993, the year I was born, the blood was in the water. Kodak replaced Whitmore—who had not been […]
Chairman of the Joint Chief of Staff: “I want to understand white rage”
Don’t mess with General Mark Milley. Here is the general on critical race theory: Matt Gaetz‘s facial response is telling. And as long as we are at it, Tucker Carlson called Milley “a pig” and “stupid.”
What is popular at Current this week?
Here are the most popular Current features of the last week: Jared Stacy, Southern Baptists: On the Brink of Reform? John Fea, An Open Letter to American History Teachers: Stop Teaching “Critical Race Theory” John Fea, The Evangelical Lost Cause Comes to […]
Pence says he was “proud” to certify the election
Annie Karni and Maggie Haberman on the latest from Penceville: Former Vice President Mike Pence on Thursday night made his most forceful attempt yet to separate himself from his former boss, Donald J. Trump, on the issue of certifying the […]
Systemic Failure: White Evangelicals and Critical Race Theory
White evangelicals were quick to repent of racism in the civil rights era. That doesn’t mean
they’ll embrace critical race theory today.
Happy birthday to The Way of Improvement Leads Home blog!
The Way of Improvement Leads Home blog turns thirteen today! In human years we are officially a teenager, but in blog years we are ancient! 🙂 It’s been a year of transitions at the blog. In March we left www.thewayofimprovement.com […]
New York appellate court suspends Rudy Giuliani’s law license because he lied about election fraud. Will Powell and Ellis be next?
Now it is time for the appropriate courts to go after Sidney Powell and Jenna Ellis. Here is The New York Times: A New York appellate court suspended Rudolph W. Giuliani’s law license on Thursday after a disciplinary panel found […]
Fides et Historia seeks a book review editor
Fides et Historia is the academic journal of the Conference on Faith and History. The book review editor is responsible for producing 20–25 book reviews per issue for two annual issues. There is a longer, featured review at the beginning […]
“There’s nothing like a near-death experience to serve as a wake-up call.” Unless you’re Donald Trump.
Damian Paletta and Yasmeen Abutaleb are the authors of the forthcoming Nightmare Scenario: Inside the Trump Administration’s Response to the Pandemic That Changed History. In an excerpt published at The Washington Post, we learn that Trump’s case of COVID-19 was […]
Evangelical roundup for June 24, 2021
What is going on in Evangelicalland? Young evangelicals are fed up. Is this true? Evangelical love Braveheart Looks like another great episode of The Holy Post: Evangelicals won a victory against fundamentalists at the Southern Baptist Convention’s annual meeting. This […]
The Evangelical Lost Cause Comes to Orlando
“If we cannot justify the South in the act of Secession we will go down in History solely as brave, impulsive but rash people who attempted in an illegal manner to overthrow the Union of our country.” –Former Confederate General […]
Goal of the night
Brazil won 2-1. (Current editor Eric Miller and Current writer Alexandre Brasil Fonseca are happy!) But this Colombia goal was incredible:
Eric Adams wins first round of New York City Democratic mayoral race; Yang concedes
Yesterday the Democrats of New York City went to the polls to choose who will represent them in November’s general election for mayor. This year the primary will be decided by the city’s new ranked choice system. After the first […]
“The most patient man on television” is leaving C-SPAN
Steve Scully is leaving C-SPAN. Here is Axios: Longtime C-SPAN political editor and on-air host Steve Scully is leaving the network on July 2, Axios has learned. He will join the Bipartisan Policy Center as SVP of communications. Why it […]