Watch Princeton historian Julian Zelizer convene a meeting with Trump and other presidential historians to discuss his legacy. (HT to Rick Perlstein for bringing this to my attention). We covered this story here. Trump comes at the 14:00 minute mark. […]
Archives for May 2022
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette columnist Tony Norman takes on Grove City College
Not familiar with what is going on at Grove City? Check out our coverage here. Here is a taste of Norman’s column: “Blessed are the (un)woke“: What Mr. Tisby didn’t know was that the opinions of the students who applauded […]
DC DISPATCH: Dare to Discipline
The sorry case of Madison Cawthorn raises a question: Exactly what line did he cross?
Support Current! We have shirts!
We have tried several ways to get people interested in becoming a patron of Current. Perhaps this approach might work. These shirts are available to Storm Surge patrons, but we hope to put them on sale soon. Thanks to model […]
The Author’s Corner with Olivier Zunz
Olivier Zunz is James Madison Professor Emeritus of History at the University of Virginia. This interview is based on his new book, The Man Who Understood Democracy: The Life of Alexis de Tocqueville (Princeton University Press, 2022). JF: What led […]
Party Like It’s 1789
The Founders’ fears of political parties seem more than justified today
Alito majority draft: “We hold that Roe and Casey must be overruled”
Here is Politico: The Supreme Court has voted to strike down the landmark Roe v. Wade decision, according to an initial draft majority opinion written by Justice Samuel Alito circulated inside the court and obtained by POLITICO. The draft opinion is a full-throated, unflinching […]
More from Grove City College
Muckraker (in the best sense of the word, e.g. Upton Sinclair) Warren Throckmorton has exposed some anti-Christian tendencies in an economic theorist who is apparently a “saint” at Grove City College. For those who don’t know, Throckmorton teaches psychology at […]
Evangelical roundup for May 2, 2022
What is happening in Evangelical land? Evangelicals discussing the future of evangelicalism. Shane Claiborne meets a guy in a Ferrari: Liberty University’s Standing for Freedom Center loves Elon Musk, a defender of transhumanism, opponent of climate change, and a globalist: […]
The Pandemic and the Mystery Novel
How do we discern the plot of life?
Sunday night odds and ends
A few things online that caught my attention this week: The anti-conservative Republican Party Inside Tucker Carlson’s brain Evangelicals against Dungeons and Dragons The politics of camping More on Harvard and slavery Matthew Mutter reviews two new books on the […]