Check out Jennifer Harlan’s New York Times piece on the history of summer reading. Here is a taste: Something about these dog days, more than any other time of year, invites readers to bury themselves in a book — and […]
Archives for July 2021
What do Americans think about vaccine mandates?
According to a recent study by the COVID States Project: 64% of Americans believe all their fellow Americans should get the COVID-19 vaccine. 70% of Americans support requiring a vaccine to get on an airplane. 61% of Americans support requiring […]
Pennsylvania counties will not comply with state senator Doug Mastriano’s audit request
We covered this here. Sara Murray has the story at CNN: A Pennsylvania Republican’s effort to launch a ballot audit of the 2020 results in the Keystone State has hit a roadblock after three counties declined to hand over their election materials […]
This is what too often passes for conservative evangelical politics today
Watch Dinesh D’Souza: Evangelical pastors invite D’Souza to speak at their churches and schools. In the last two years D’Souza has spoken at: Emmanuel Enid Church in Enid, Oklahoma Church of Glad Tidings in Live Oak, California Calvary Chapel–Chino Hills […]
“If pro-life advocates want to reduce the number of abortions…arguments about the humanity of the fetus won’t be relevant, because many of the women obtaining abortions already hold such beliefs.”
If you are pro-life, I hope you had a chance to read historian Daniel K. Williams’s piece today at Current. In my view, the pro-life movement is stuck in a rut. In its nearly fifty-year effort to overturn Roe v. […]
An evangelical anti-vaxxer in the Olympic pool
His name is Michael Andrew and he ran out of gas on the last leg of yesterday’s final in the 200 meter individual medley. Watch: Rowdy Gaines said it all: “He’s done.” Out of the pool, Michael Andrew is a […]
Why do we HAVE to study history?
I love this:
Vaccinations required
Yesterday Joe Biden announced that federal employees need to be vaccinated or “face new testing, masking, and distancing rules.” Several companies are also insisting that their employees get vaccinated, including Google, Facebook, Netflix, Morgan Stanley, Saks Fifth Avenue, The Washington […]
What is popular this week at Current?
Here are the most popular Current features of the last week: John Fea, Love Your Neighbor. Get Vaccinated Adam Jortner, Can We Get Better Jeremiads? John Fea, Reforming Evangelicalism Nadya Williams, Changes in the Classics Jeremy Sabella, The Prosperity Gospel President Here […]
Abortion and the Class Divide
Given the class dynamics surrounding abortion, what methods should pro-life advocates adopt?Â
The spiritual freedom and bravery of Simone Biles
America is running a nice piece on Simone Biles by Zac Davis. A taste: Even if we aren’t carrying around the pressure of performing as one of the greatest athletes of all time, we are all susceptible to the undercurrents […]
Who is J.D. Vance? Apparently a lot of Ohio GOP voters haven’t read Hillbilly Elegy
In his book Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis, J.D. Vance interpreted Appalachia for a largely educated, non-populist reading public. He was able to do this because he left Appalachia for Yale Law School. He […]
Mike Lindell is “affable, devout, philanthropic–and a clear threat to the nation”
Mike “MyPillow Guy” Lindell loves to talk to journalists. He seems to enjoy the attention. This is why I am not surprised that he agreed to meet with Anne Applebaum of The Atlantic. They met at Steve Bannon’s townhouse and […]
Charlie Kirk’s Turning Point USA is mobilizing evangelicals to oppose vaccine mandates
Earlier this week, the conservative evangelical Trump-follower said that Simone Biles is a sociopath. He doubled-down on the comments yesterday: Today we learn how Kirk is stoking vaccine resistance through his “pro-Trump youth group” Turning Point USA. Here is Isaac […]
There will be no Bruce Springsteen rest stop on the Garden State Parkway
The Garden State Parkway intersects with NJ Highway 9 around Tom’s River New Jersey, roughly thirty miles South of Bruce Springsteen’s home town of Freehold. But the guy who was sprung from cages out on Highway 9 does not want […]
Evangelical roundup for July 29, 2021
What is going on Evangelicalland?: Are evangelicals anti-anti-racist? One evangelical doesn’t like David French writing about race. Here is what French wrote. Shane Claiborne wants to visit Greg Locke’s church: Christian Contemporary Music is more popular than country music…IN NASHVILLE! […]
Just Do It
It’s surprisingly good advice—especially during a pandemic
Eric Metaxas: Don’t get vaccinated. Be a rebel.
I wrote a lot about Metaxas today in my piece at Current. I could have added this to the article. In addition to his radio program, Metaxas serves as a “fellow” at the Liberty University Standing for Freedom Center. Watch […]
If there is a spirit of anti-Christ in America right now, we saw it yesterday. But Kirk, Carlson, and Ingraham are free to channel that spirit because we are not a Christian nation.
Yesterday was a sad day for the United States. When I use the term “anti-Christ” in this post I am not invoking some kind of eschatological figure mentioned in the Book of Revelation, but a general spirit that runs counter […]
Episode 15: “Massachusetts Legalizes Same-Sex Marriage”
The Christian Right responds to the Goodridge v. Department of Health decision. Episode 15: “Massachusetts Legalizes Same-Sex Marriage” dropped last night. Subscribers to Current at the Longshore level and above receive this narrative history podcast. Here’s a teaser: Listen to Episodes 0, 1, […]