Amid all the Ukraine coverage, the Supreme Court has not received much coverage on cable news in recent days. But today Joe Biden nominated the first Black woman to the Supreme Court. Her name is Katanji Brown Jackson. Here is […]
Archives for February 2022
The Author’s Corner with Sean P. Cunningham
Sean P. Cunningham is Associate Professor of History at Texas Tech University. This interview is based on his new book, Bootstrap Liberalism: Texas Political Culture in the Age of FDR (University Press of Kansas, 2022). JF: What led you to […]
Zelensky: “This might be the last time you see me alive”
Here is Barak Ravid at Axios: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky told EU leaders “this might be the last time you see me alive” during a video conference on Thursday night, two European sources briefed on the call tell Axios. State […]
Woke librarians?
Should librarians be politically neutral? Stanley Kurtz of the Ethics and Public Policy Center thinks they should be. Here is a taste of his New York Times op-ed, “The Battle for the Soul of the Library“: What in the world […]
What is popular this week at Current?
Here are the most popular features of the week at Current: Tony Norman, “Bob Dylan: Still Slipping In and Out of Time“ John Fea, “Tilting at Windmills“ John Fea, “On Turning 56“ Jeremy Sabella, “The Tower of Babel and The American […]
Bad history has consequences
Yesterday in my Historical Methods and Age of Hamilton classes I took some to talk about the Russian invasion of Ukraine. In my Historical Methods class I could not pass up the chance to take our conversations about public history, […]
Bonus roundup: How are evangelicals responding to the Russian invasion of Ukraine?
The European Evangelical Alliance says there is “no justification” for Putin’s invasion. National Association of Evangelicals: Former Trump lawyer, court evangelical, and Liberty University Falkirk Center fellow Jenna Ellis smells an opportunity to politicize the invasion: The Russian Evangelical Alliance […]
How Did the Establishment Party Become the Party of Insurrection?
The new understanding of “legitimate political discourse” was a long time in the making
No one should take Tucker Carlson seriously
This morning we called your attention to Carlson’s Father Coughlin-like support of Vladimir Putin. Over at The Washington Post, Margaret Sullivan reminds us of what a Fox News lawyer once said about the right-wing pundit. Here is a taste: Carlson […]
The New York Times condemns the Russian invasion of Ukraine
Here is a taste of the editorial: …Vladimir Putin is giving a master class in dangerous and destructive leadership and making it all the more important that President Biden and other nations stand resolutely together in the face of threats, […]
Tucker Carlson is on Russia’s side. He’s the new Father Charles Coughlin
William Saletan nails it. Here is a taste of his piece at The Bulwark: Eighty years ago, when a dictator rose to power in Europe and invaded his neighbors, he found an ally in the United States. The dictator was […]
Are you registered for the biennial meeting of the Conference on Faith History?
As president of the Conference on Faith and History, I invite all of you to Baylor University in Waco, TX from March 31-April 2, 2022 for our biennial meeting. Lisa Diller of Southern Adventist University has put together a great […]
Evangelical roundup for February 24, 2022
What is happening in Evangelical land? Russia is no friend to evangelicals in Crimea. If I am reading David Brody correctly, Justin Trudeau is on his way to hell for his response to the Canadian freedom convoy: Ukraine evangelicals prepare […]
Tilting at Windmills
There are political forces with deep pockets trying to shape how we learn American history. What are academic historians to do?
Lauren Boebert has a challenger. His campaign announcement is not for the faint of heart
Here is The Daily Beast: Political newcomer Alex Walker, the latest Democratic challenger to toss his hat into the ring to unseat MAGA-boosting Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO), announced his presence with perhaps the most nauseating campaign ad ever. The two-minute online […]
North Carolina decides against Madison Cawthorn on insurrectionist law
The pro-Trump Congressmen may be disqualified from running again. Here is Kyle Cheney at Politico: The North Carolina attorney general’s office says a constitutional prohibition on insurrectionists seeking federal office could be applied to GOP Rep. Madison Cawthorn if a […]
Trump’s new social media site is a disaster
Here is Drew Harwell at The Washington Post: Former president Donald Trump, a longtime critic of how Democrats debuted Healthcare.gov, is facing a bungled website launch of his own. His long-promised social network, Truth Social, has been almost entirely inaccessible in […]
The intellectual roots of Biden’s response to Putin
Here is the team at Politico‘s “West Wing Playbook”: …Biden’s 2017 book, “Promise Me, Dad,” largely focused on his deceased son BEAU. But it still mentioned the Russian president more than 65 times. “While I had been encouraged by Putin’s willingness […]
The Enduring Mystery of Agatha Christie
Long Live Death on the Nile—and Agatha Christie
Some brief reflections on “The Rise and Fall of Mars Hill”
I had a couple of long drives this weekend so I was able to finish the last several episodes of “The Rise and Fall of Mars Hill.” A sustained review of the podcast will take more time than I have […]