Russian invasion, Ukrainian resistance: We’ve seen it before. Or have we?
Archives for March 2022
This week’s book haul
Just bought these gems from Byron and Beth Borger at Hearts & Minds Books. Thanks for the recommendations!
Madison Cawthorn calls Zelensky a “thug” and the Ukrainian government “incredibly evil” and “woke”
The North Carolina congressmen is playing the “Ukraine is woke” card. Watch: I wrote this morning about the “two things can be true at the same time” approach that many Americans, including conservative commentator Rod Dreher, is taking toward the […]
A historian of the South has a few words for the Alabama State Legislature
Here is the legendary Wayne Flynt, Distinguished University Professor Emeritus at Auburn University: Dear Alabama Legislators: I called the office of my state senator several weeks ago concerning House Bill 312, which proposes to restrict how K-12 public school educators […]
What is going on at Iowa State University?
The university is cutting liberal arts and programs. The administration describes it as a “reimagining” of the liberal arts. History is taking one of the hardest hits. Here is Katherine Kealey at Iowa State Daily: Departments were divided up based […]
Nikki Haley’s “foolish, self-serving, and pernicious” comments about the Putin invasion of Ukraine
In case you missed it, former South Carolina governor and Trump U.N. Secretary Nikki Haley is tweeting and talking. In this video she seems like she is running for president against Biden: In an interview with Chuck Todd on Meet […]
What scares Putin the most?
Here is John Nichols at The Nation: A courageous anti-war movement has developed in Russia, filling the streets of cities across the country with demonstrations against Russian President Vladimir Putin’s decision to invade Ukraine. OVD-Info, an independent media project on […]
The Author’s Corner with S. Scott Rohrer
S. Scott Rohrer is a historian of early America. This interview is based on his new book, The Folly of Revolution: Thomas Bradbury Chandler and the Loyalist Mind in a Democratic Age (Penn State University Press, 2022). JF: What led […]
Evangelical roundup for March 10, 2022
What is happening in Evangelical land? Evangelicalism isn’t dying. John MacArthur publicly shamed and excommunicated a woman from the pulpit. He will also speak at a meeting of the Conservative Baptist Network ahead of the Southern Baptist Convention’s annual meeting. […]
Putin’s Holy War and the Americans Who Like It
Innocent people are dead in Ukraine. Pro-lifers with platforms must oppose this invasion with every ounce of their being.
Canadian megachurch pastor Bruxy Cavey resigns; admits to sexual misconduct
Julie Roys broke this story yesterday. (We first covered this story here). Not only did Cavey resign, but so did Danielle Strickland, a teaching pastor at Cavey’s megachurch, The Meeting House. Strickland said that she was resigning “in solidarity with […]
Apparently the “Antichrist” does not approve of Putin’s invasion of Ukraine
According to conservative evangelicals Charlie Kirk and Jack Hibbs, the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland is preparing the way for the Antichrist. In this video they stop just short of saying that the Forum’s founder, Klaus Schwab, just might […]
Borough of Freehold creates a permanent Springsteen exhibit space.
Learn more here. Here is Bruce’s speech:
How the head of the Russian Orthodox Church is spinning Putin’s invasion
Here is Cathy Young at The Bulwark: In the past ten days, plenty of rationalizations have been offered for Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine—everything from “Russia needs a buffer state to keep NATO at a distance” (just about every Kremlin […]
Sorry Michael Flynn, the Constitution does not mention the word “Creator” four times. In fact, it never mentions the word.
Here is Kyle Mantyla at Right Wing Watch: Michael Flynn, a right-wing conspiracy theorist who served as national security adviser to former President Donald Trump, spoke at a campaign rally Saturday for MAGA pastor Jackson Lahmeyer in Oklahoma, where he falsely claimed that “the word ‘Creator’ is in […]
The radical tradition in early national New York
Historian Sean Griffin explores the legacy of Thomas Paine in early 19th-century New York. Here is a taste of his piece at the blog Gotham: New York City has long been considered a hotbed of radical political ideas, as well […]
Some suggestions for teaching the Russian invasion of Ukraine in U.S. history classrooms
Some helpful suggestions from Chelsea Gibson of SUNY-Binghamton in a post at Nursing Clio: Discuss the relationship between history and power. Call attention to the memory of World War II Give attention to the anti-nuclear movement Reflect on the differences […]
The African American Intellectual History Society announces the finalists for its 2022 Pauli Murray Book Prize
The finalists are: Tamika Nunley, At the Threshold of Liberty: Women, Slavery, and Shifting Identities in Washington, D.C. (University of North Carolina Press) Jarvis Givens, Fugitive Pedagogy: Carter G. Woodson and the Art of Black Teaching (Harvard University Press) Karen Cook Bell, Running From Bondage: […]
The latest in the Grove City College “woke” saga
We have covered this story here and here. Now a group of former students, students, and friends of the college have published a Facebook petition ‘regarding recent controversies over Critical Race Theory and conversations about race at the college.” It […]
The Empty Faculty Lounge and the Demise of Pre-Pandemic Habits
If gathering and sharing our lives seems oh-so-2019, we’re in trouble