Franklin, Tennessee has the highest per-capita income in the entire state. The median income is $75,871. The city is located about 20 miles south of Nashville. According to Wikipedia, it is the home of NFL quarterback C.J. Beathard, governor Bill […]
Archives for August 2021
What is–and isn’t–Critical Race Theory?
Recently someone asked me for a good working definition of Critical Race Theory. Delgado and Stefancic is a good place to start. I tried to summarize some of their work here. Click here for all our posts on CRT. I […]
Why do conservatives love Hungary so much?
I’ve been reading-up on this lately and hope to write something intelligent soon. In the meantime, I found Damon Linker’s piece at The Week helpful. Here is a taste: Trump’s big win was thrilling for many on the American right, […]
The history of back-to-school shopping
Here’s a relevant piece. Erin Blakemore of JSTOR Daily offers a brief history of back-to-school shopping. A taste: Saddle shoes and sweaters, milk bars and ballerina flats. In the mid-twentieth century, you could find all four at college shops: pop-up […]
Episode 17: “The City by the Bay Starts Marrying Same-Sex Couples”
San Francisco beats Massachusetts to the punch and starts issuing marriage licenses. The Christian Right responds. Episode 17: āThe City by the Bay Starts Marrying Same-Sex Couplesā dropped last night. Subscribers toĀ CurrentĀ at the Longshore level and above receiveĀ this narrative history […]
Fishing for Faith
How often does the bobber go down?
Alabama Senator Tommy Tuberville just gave Democrats a gift. New Jersey Senator Cory Booker offers a brilliant thank you speech.
Biden’s bipartisan infrastructure plan passed earlier today. The Democrats are now–literally right now–setting the table for pushing their $3.5 trillion plan to strengthen family services, health care, and initiatives to fight climate change through the Senate. Republicans are trying to […]
19 Republican senators voted for Biden’s bipartisan infrastructure bill
Here are the GOP senators who voted for the bill: Roy Blunt, R-Mo. Richard Burr, R-N.C. (Member of the bipartisan committee) Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va. Bill Cassidy, R-La. (Member of the bipartisan committee) Susan Collins, R-Maine (Member of the bipartisan […]
YouTube suspends Rand Paul
We covered this last week. It seemed like only a matter of time before social media responded to Paul’s comments about masks. Here is Forbes: YouTube barred Sen. Rand Paul from uploading new videos to the site for seven days, […]
Andrew Cuomo resigns as Governor of New York
I don’t really have much to say beyond what I have said here and here. Cuomo did the right thing (by resigning). I wish Donald Trump also did the right thing when 25 women accused him of sexual harassment (sorry, […]
Union University disinvites the Freedom Matters Tour
Over the weekend we brought your attention to the Freedom Matters Tour, a speaking tour through Tennessee featuring, among others, Trump-loving anti-vax preacher Greg Locke. Read that post here. Lisa Herod, a graduate of Union who created a petition protesting […]
David Barton and the American Restoration Tour is coming to a city near you. What if we put together a shadow tour?
David Barton, the Christian Right activist who uses the American past to advance his political agenda, is going on the road with Chad Connelly, the former chairman of the South Carolina Republican Party. They are calling it The American Restoration […]
What happened on January 6 was an attempted coup
Here is Ruth Marcus at The Washington Post: I try not to be alarmist, but it is difficult to read the latest accounts and not be alarmed. The drip-drip-drip evolution of this story has served to mask how serious the […]
How to support our work at Current
We just passed the four-month mark at Current. I hope you are finding the material we have published to be entertaining, informative, and thought-provoking. As we approach our six-month anniversary in October, we are still trying to get this operation […]
CURRENT and the #Exvangelical Dilemma
Young evangelicals are abandoning Christianity with increasing frequency. Are sites like CURRENT nudging them toward the exits?
Josh Hawley said “folks should look and see what’s in this [bipartisan infrastructure] bill.” So I did.
Tomorrow morning the Senate will pass the $1.2 trillion bipartisan infrastructure package. Not everyone is happy about it. Some GOP senators, including Mike Lee (UT), Rick Scott (FL), Ron Johnson (WI), Josh Hawley (MO), have denounced it. They will lose […]
Election fraud “expert” testifies at Texas State Senate hearing. Quotes 2 Peter 1:10 on “election.”
Watch: The woman speaking in this video is Dr. Laura Pressley. She is testifying on election fraud before the Texas State Senate Committee on State Affairs. You can watch her entire testimony at the 12:28:20 mark of this video. What […]
Evangelical roundup for August 9, 2021
What is going on in Evangelicalland? Evangelical fiction An evangelical theologian reflects on a career. Evangelicalism: Time to deconstruct and reconstruct Where white evangelicals live: Are young evangelicals leaving the church over LGBTQ issues? Praying in tongues on TikTok Racist?: […]
The Return of Local News
The problem of polarization has an unexpected solution
What is going on (again) at Union University?
Some of you are familiar with anti-vaxxer, anti-masker, freedom-loving Trump evangelical Greg Locke. If you don’t know him, here are some of the things he has tweeted in just the last week: Locke is part of a traveling dog and […]