John Leshy is Emeritus Harry D. Sunderland and Distinguished Professor of Real Property Law at UC Hastings College of the Law. This interview is based on his new book, Our Common Ground: A History of America’s Public Lands (Yale University […]
Archives for February 2022
Evangelical roundup for February 28, 2022
What is happening in Evangelical land: Tucker Carlson will speak at a San Marcos, California megachurch. I wonder if he will talk about his love for Putin? Albert Mohler, who voted for Trump, is still mad about Biden’s approach to […]
She didn’t vote for Zelensky. She has changed her mind
Here is journalist Anna Myroniuk of the Kyiv Independent, an English-language Ukrainian news outlet created by journalists who were fired from the Kyiv Post “for defending its editorial independence”: “Captain Ukraine,” the first “true” president of Ukraine, a hero, a […]
The Ukrainian Chorus of New York
Saturday Night Live did away with its traditional cold opening this week. Instead, they did this:
Reading Matters
The recent fuss over Great Books courses distracts us from the question that really matters: What is the purpose of the university in the first place?
Pennsylvania governor Thomas Wolf invests $4 million in York African-American History & Lecture Center
Here is the press release: Governor Tom Wolf today visited the future site of the Crispus Attucks York African American History & Lecture Center which received a $4 million state investment through the Redevelopment Assistance Capital Program (RACP) in downtown […]
Sunday night odds and ends
A few things online that caught my attention this week: Are Sohrab Ahmari, Patrick Deneen, and Gladdin Pappin engaged in a what H.R. McMaster once called “strategic narcissism”? The conservative activism of Clarence and Ginni Thomas David Brooks: Trump must […]
What is going on with Robert Kennedy Jr.?
Much to the dismay of the Kennedy family, Bobby Kennedy’s son is one the country’s leading anti-vaxxers and a promoter of a bunch of other conspiracy theories. Here is Adam Nagourney at The New York Times: Once a top environmental […]
One of the most decorated American historians of this generation wins another award
Early American historian Alan Taylor has won the New-York Historical Society’s 2022 Barbara and David Zalaznick Book Prize for American Republics: A Continental History of the United States, 1783-1850. Here is Jennifer Schuessler at The New York Times: The book, […]
What can we expect from CNN under Chris Licht?
Licht, the former Executive Producer of “The Late Show With Stephen Colbert,” promises less liberal politics and more news gathering. Here is Mike Allen at Axios: Under new chief Chris Licht, CNN will dial down the prime-time partisanship and double […]
The Author’s Corner with Matthew Kruer
Matthew Kruer is Assistant Professor of Early North American History at the University of Chicago. This interview is based on his new book, Time of Anarchy: Indigenous Power and the Crisis of Colonialism in Early America (Harvard University Press, 2022). […]
When you lose Newsmax
The right-wing pro-Trump network is condemning Father Coughlin’s Tucker Carlson’s pro-Putin/Russia comments. Here is Alex Griffing at Mediaite: Newsmax released a statement on Friday calling out Fox News and Tucker Carlson for “supporting Putin and Russia’s invasion of the Ukraine.” The right-wing, […]
How are evangelicals responding to the Russian invasion of Ukraine? Part 2
Yesterday we offered a “Bonus Roundup” on how American evangelicals are responding to the invasion. Today we have part two: Dinesh D’Souza, a favorite of conservative evangelicals and the former president of the evangelical The Kings College, is backing Putin: […]
Putin is rarely mentioned at CPAC
The speakers at the pro-Trump Conservative Political Action Conference this week are in a tough spot. I am sure many of them condemn the Putin invasion of Ukraine, but they can’t do that publicly without invoking the ire of their […]
The Eric Metaxas Show pushes pro-Putin propaganda. His show is little more than an outlet to promote conspiracy theories
In the episode of The Eric Metaxas Show I have posted below: Eric Metaxas criticizes the “Deep State” for not welcoming Russia into the community of nations after the Fall of communism. He implies that the West is to blame […]
Charlie Kirk or Satanists? Who appears to be the most compassionate today?
Since the Russian invasion of Ukraine, right-wing pundit and evangelical Christian Charlie Kirk has not used the word “peace” or “prayer” on his Twitter feed. Instead, he has tweeted: Meanwhile, Kirk made an argument in Newsweek today that Satanists do […]
Evangelical leaders “face reckoning over praise for Putin”
Here is Steve Rabey at Religion Unplugged: For most of the past century, America’s conservative Christians and conservative politicians were united in the firm belief that the communist USSR — and later, Russia — was anti-American, anti-God and a threat […]
Ukraine soldiers on Snake Island will not back down
This is war. Watch: Here is some context.
Jack Hibbs appears to be in violation of the Johnson Amendment to the U.S. tax code
Jack Hibbs, the pastor of Calvary Church in Chino Hills, California, is endorsing a candidate for the House of Representatives. Calvary Church does not pay taxes. Here is paragraph (3) of subsection (c) of the Section 501 of Title 26 […]
Ted Cruz calls Jen Psaki “Peppermint Patty”
In a speech at the meeting of the Conservative Political Action Committee (CPAC), Ted Cruz referred to White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki as “Peppermint Patty.” Watch: But I wonder–is someone calling Psaki “Peppermint Patty” really an insult? Why does […]