Here is Paul’s op-ed at Fox News: Resist. They can’t arrest us all. They can’t keep all your kids home from school. They can’t keep every government building closed – although I’ve got a long list of ones they should. […]
Archives for August 2021
59% of New Yorkers think Cuomo should resign
Here’s a taste of this morning’s Marist poll: In a poll conducted last night, 59% of New Yorkers, including 52% of registered Democrats, say New York Governor Andrew Cuomo should resign from office in light of the results of an […]
Episode 16: “The Massachusetts Legislature Holds a Constitutional Convention”
Opponents of same-sex marriage in the Bay State try to pass a constitutional amendment Episode 16: “The Massachusetts Legislature Holds a Constitutional Convention” dropped last night. Subscribers to Current at the Longshore level and above receive this narrative history podcast. Here’s a teaser: […]
January 6, 2021 must not be normalized
Midway through the Trump administration people started e-mailing to tell me that I had “Trump derangement syndrome.” Even very smart people for whom I have much respect were telling me that I needed to calm down in my criticism of […]
Joe Biden and The New York Times to Andrew Cuomo: It’s time to resign
After New York state Attorney General Letitia James released an official report that found Governor Andrew Cuomo sexually assaulted eleven women, both the President of the United States and The New York Times called upon the governor to resign. Cuomo […]
Biden and the Bishops
Don’t be deceived: In American politics, it’s religion all the way down
Historic building at Princeton Theological Seminary catches fire
Here is WPVI: Here is Princeton Seminary professor Heath Carter: More info here.
Josh Hawley, “let’s be clear”: This is a nation of oppressors and liberators.
Missouri Senator Josh Hawley wrote an op-ed in The New York Post last weekend condemning critical race theory and promoting his personal view of what young Americans should learn in history class. Let’s take a look: Hawley writes: Parents know […]
Chait: “Imagine a 9/11 commission if the hijackers had allies in Congress”
Here is Jonathan Chait at New York Magazine: In the aftermath of the January 6 insurrection, when both parties agreed on the need for an investigation into the attack, the shorthand that entered the lexicon was 9/11-style commission. When, on January […]
Should we blame NBC for Simone Biles’s withdrawal from competition?
Richard Zoglin makes a compelling argument in a recent op-ed at The Washington Post. Here is a taste: Is NBC to blame for Simone Biles’s Olympic withdrawal? I am overstating the case, of course. But to understand Biles’s decision to […]
Three Cheers!
America’s new civil religion deserves celebration
Episode 88: History Education on the Great Plains
In this episode we talk with Nathan McAlister, Humanities Program Manager at the Kansas State Department of Education in Topeka. When it comes to history education, Kansas is doing it the right way. Join us for a wide-ranging discussion on […]
What is going on at McLean Bible Church? (And the ongoing debate over “wokeness” in evangelicalism)
I remember back in 2010 when evangelicals were reading David Platt’s book Radical: Taking Back Your Faith from the American Dream and giving out copies to their friends. Platt is now the pastor of McLean Bible Church, a flagship evangelical […]
Blame the Bobos
David Brooks believes that if you want to understand the Trump backlash in 2016, you need to revisit the folks he wrote about in his 2000 book Bobos in Paradise: The New Upper Class and How They Got There. Here […]
What did the congressman know about the insurrection?
What did William Seward (NY) and Henry Wilson (MA) know about the John Brown raid on Harper’s Ferry? Here is Sidney Blumenthal at The Guardian: The House select committee on the 6 January insurrection at the Capitol, according to chairman […]
Evangelical roundup for August 2, 2021
What is going on Evangelicalland? Critical race theory is dividing evangelicalism. Are evangelicals woke? This Reformed Baptist thinks “woke evangelicalism” is an “abomination”: Billy Graham’s grandson is out of the hospital. Evangelicals love Israel Liberty University’s Standing for Freedom Center […]
Government and the Private Side of the Wall of Separation
Implicit coercion? Or impartial enforcement?
Practice virtue. Get vaccinated
On Wednesday I wrote a piece at Current titled, “Love Your Neighbor. Get Vaccinated.” I discussed the resistance to vaccines in the evangelical community and focused a significant portion of the piece on talk radio show host and author Eric […]
Sunday night odds and ends
A few things online that caught my attention this week: What the founding fathers feared We all need more “radical humility“ Can a history lesson change an insurrectionist? Can Catholic social teaching contribute to a renewed democratic culture? Book piles […]