Sadly, this guy is my congressman. Here is The Washington Post: Of all the fantastical false claims of fraud and vote manipulation in the 2020 presidential election, “Italygate” was one of the most extreme. And Rep. Scott Perry (R-Pa.) was […]
Archives for June 2022
Senate passes bipartisan gun bill
Here is NBC News: The Senate on Thursday night passed the most sweeping gun bill designed to prevent gun violence in decades, a major victory for advocates and a rare defeat for the National Rifle Association. The vote was 65 to 33, with all […]
It’s time to drain the swamp
I knew Trump’s catchphrase, “drain the swamp” would one day be good for something. Those watching the January 6th hearings are witnessing the machinations of the most corrupt president in American history and the people who stood with him and […]
What is popular this week at Current?
Here are the most popular features of the week at Current: John Fea, “The Trump Generation Is a Lost Cause“ Jeremy Sabella, “America’ Molech Moment“ Nadya Williams, “What Fruit Do Universities Bear?“ Nadya Williams, “Dinner and a Show: Summer Edition“ Adam […]
Thoughts As We Await the End of Roe
Where would we be on abortion today had we taken seriously George W. Bush’s “culture of life”?
The Author’s Corner with Susan Brandt
Susan Brandt is a lecturer in history at the University of Colorado, Colorado Springs. This interview is based on her new book, Women Healers: Gender, Authority, and Medicine in Early Philadelphia (University of Pennsylvania Press, 2022). JF: What led you […]
Evangelical roundup for June 23, 2022
What is happening in Evangelical land? More coverage of the Faith and Freedom Coalition’s “Road to Majority” conference. Fame and evangelicalism Newsweek goes after Christians who adopt. Pro-life in a post-Roe world: On Southern Baptists as “political whores.” An Evangelical […]
Veneration
In the lives of great writers we touch divinity and face humanity
Where are the Rusty Bowers Republicans?
Watch Rusty Bowers testifying yesterday before the House Select Committee on January 6th: Here is E.J. Dionne at The Washington Post: Note to every politician in the GOP: You have to decide. You can be a Rusty Bowers Republican. Or you can […]
The “martydom” of Ashli Babbitt
Over at Vanity Fair, Jeff Sharlet writes about the right-wing religious movement that has emerged around Ashli Babbitt, a women who was shot while breaching the United States Capitol on January 6, 2021. Here is a taste: At the podium […]
America’s Molech Moment
How much will we sacrifice for the illusion of control?
Mehmet Oz backs away from the Trump brand
Donald Trump uses his endorsements of candidates to hold power within the GOP. But sometimes the candidates use Trump’s endorsement to win primaries, only to distance themselves from the former president in general elections. The latest candidate to do so […]
Supreme Court: Maine must fund religious education
Here is VOX: The Supreme Court held on Tuesday that Maine must fund religious education as part of a school voucher program that pays tuition for students in rural parts of the state. In the process, the Court’s decision in Carson […]
The GOP is in a dark place right now
This letter was sent to Adam Kinzinger’s home. He is a veteran and a GOP member of the House January 6th Select Committee. The letter was addressed to his wife: This is not the first time Kinzinger has released a […]
Better family policies will reduce abortions
As Fordham’s Charles Camosy writes, there is “plenty of evidence” to support this claim. Here is a taste of his piece at Religion News Service: …abortion rates (per 1,000 women 15-49) in pro-choice states such as New York (20.3) and […]
Are intellectuals and historians “yoking their reputations to the delirious churn of outrage media?”
Joseph Keegin, the editor of The Point, gives us a lot to think about in this piece at The Chronicle of Higher Education. Here is a taste: As academic humanities departments shed undergraduates and lose both prestige and funding, professors […]
Is Pope Francis retiring?
Earlier this month The Washington Post suggested that this might be the case. Michael Gerson, a Wheaton graduate and former George W. Bush speechwriter, takes up the issue in his latest column. Here is a taste: It is not easy […]
Franklin Graham tells domestic abuse victim that abuse is a “gray area”
Graham told an abused spouse to go back to her husband. Here is a taste of Sarah Pulliam Bailey’s reporting at The Washington Post; According to the recording, Graham said the marriage could “be fixed easily,” and he seemed to […]
The Author’s Corner with Holly A. Pinheiro Jr.
Holly A. Pinheiro Jr. is Assistant Professor of African American History at Furman University. This interview is based on his new book, The Families’ Civil War: Black Soldiers and the Fight for Racial Justice (University of Georgia Press, 2022). JF: […]
DC DISPATCH: Social Media, Social Change?
Limited change doesn’t mean no change