A few things online that caught my attention this week:
Three cheers for university presses
A former Bob Jones University student in the wake of the attempted fundamentalist coup
Chestnuts roasting on an open fire
Former Christian Right leader Rob Schenck continues to whistleblow
David Hajdu reviews Bruce Springsteen’s “pointless” new album
Virginia’s Confederate monuments
Paul Putz reviews Daniel Scott Smith’s Strength for the Fight: The Life and Faith of Jackie Robinson
James Chappel reviews John McGreevy, Catholicism: A Global History from the French Revolution to Pope Francis, Kevin Hart reviews it here.
Are conservative intellectuals anti-intellectual?
Debunking Netflix’s Ancient Apocalypse
Alice Roosevelt (Teddy’s daughter). And here.
Anthea Butler reviews the Hulu documentary on Jerry Falwell Jr.
American Historical Association president James Sweet on “grief, goodness, and history“
Neal Gabler on Ted Kennedy’s role in the rise of American conservatism
Why do archives get rid of things?