If you are unfamiliar with what is going on Grove City College, get up to speed here. This petition is signed (so far) by 146 Grove City alums: We are writing to voice our concern in response to Grove City […]
Archives for April 2022
The anti-Catholicism of some “Catholics” (and Marjorie Taylor Greene)
America contributing editor Bill McCormick S.J. writes on a recent Marjorie Taylor Greene interview with Michael Voris from an organization called “Church Militant.” A taste: For many Catholics, there was no real story in Marjorie Taylor Greene’s recent interview with Michael Voris […]
Dealing with the painful past of a Native boarding school in Missouri
St. Regis Seminary opened on March 11, 1824 in Florissant, Missouri. Here PBS News Hour: In the last two years, Canada and several U.S. states have begun to recognize their histories with Native American boarding schools, institutions that set out […]
Most parents are not following the culture war in schools
National Public Radio reports on its recent national poll. A taste: Republican governors like Ron DeSantis in Florida and Glenn Youngkin in Virginia have helped make parents’ rights into a major political talking point, and Republican-aligned groups like No Left Turn In Education […]
What is popular this week at Current?
Here are the most popular features of the week at Current: Nadya Williams, “From Grandpa Lenin with Love“ Jay Case, “Frederick Douglass and the Challenge of Seeing Clearly“ Daniel K. Williams, “A Pro-Life Strategy for the Blue States“ John Fea, “An […]
The Author’s Corner with Sam Redman
Sam Redman is Associate Professor of History and Director of the Public History Program at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. This interview is based on his new book, The Museum: A Short History of Crisis and Resilience (NYU Press, 2022). […]
An Intellectual in Exile
The second in a series of meditations on Ignazio Silone’s Bread and Wine
George Will: “Amend the Constitution to bar senators from the presidency”
Will offers a stinging critique of GOP Senators who appear to be using their Senate seats to run for president. Here is a taste: In Jonathan Haidt’s recent essay for the Atlantic, “Why the Past 10 Years of American Life Have Been […]
Grove City College “does not have a statement of faith, but it does now have a statement of politics”
Here is Baylor University historian Andrea Turpin at The Anxious Bench: Note that this decision-making paradigm says nothing about either the Christian identity of the college or the rigor of the education offered. It evaluates the role of racial justice education […]
A second Grove City College professor tweets about the school’s “wokeness” controversy
It looks as if the special committee of the Grove City Board of Trustees is getting some faculty pushback in the wake of its recent anti-wokeness statement. (Get up to speed here.) Yesterday adjunct professor Cedric Lewis weighed-in. This morning […]
A Grove City College professor speaks out about teaching EDU 290: “Cultural Diversity and Advocacy”
EDUC 290: Cultural Diversity and Advocacy was a two-credit course at Grove City College. It may no longer be taught at the college due to the recent anti-woke report from a special committee of the Board of Trustees. Get up […]
Evangelical roundup for April 28, 2022
What is happening in Evangelical land? More troubles related to rape at Liberty University. Don’t expect young Southern Baptist pastors to jump on the boycott Disney bandwagon. A writer defends Christian culture warriors at the Albert Mohler-World outlet. A pastor […]
A Pro-Life Strategy for the Blue States
Regional divisions may require an approach that seeks common ground
The Christopher Hitchens revival
I didn’t know such a Hitchens revival was happening until I read philosopher Andy Lamey‘s piece at Toronto Star. Lamey asks, “Is his brand of contrarian progressivism a welcome alternative to a Twitter-fixated, deplatforming Left?” Such a revival makes perfect […]
Trump gave rural American Supreme Court justices and trade wars. Biden is bringing them economic relief.
Robert Leonard writes about the Midwest. His recent piece at The New York Times is titled, “Biden Has Already Done More for Rural America Than Trump Ever Did.” A taste: In under two years in office, President Biden has done […]
How slavery shaped Harvard
Harvard president Lawrence S. Bacow and historian Tomiko Brown-Nagin, chair of the Presidential Initiative on Harvard and the Legacy of Slavery, explain in a piece at The Washington Post: In his groundbreaking 1935 book, “Black Reconstruction in America,” W.E.B. Du […]
When you start banning books that are “objectionable” to parents, stuff like this is bound to happen.
A Florida man wants to ban the Bible from public schools. He wonders if Florida parents really want their kids exposed to rape, bestiality, cannibalism and infanticide. Psalm 137:9 says: “Happy is the one who seizes your infants and dashes […]
More on Utah Democrats and Evan McMullin
Here is veteran political journalist Walter Shapiro at Roll Call: The most intriguing political development in recent weeks had nothing to do with inflation, Ukraine, the pandemic, border control or redistricting. And it did not take place in Washington or […]
The Author’s Corner with Edward Pompeian
Edward Pompeian is Assistant Professor of History at the University of Tampa. This interview is based on his new book, Sustaining Empire: Venezuela’s Trade with the United States during the Age of Revolutions, 1797–1828 (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2022). JF: […]
The story behind the first abortion law in the United States
Here is a taste of Allyson Schettino’s post at the blog of the New-York Historical Society: The jury was outraged that a religious leader had persuaded a woman to terminate her pregnancy to hide his misbehavior and escape responsibility for […]