The House of Representatives just adjourned for the day. It did not choose a speaker. Hakeem Jeffries won on the first ballot. Jeffries also won on the second ballot and third ballot. Nineteen right-wing Republicans voted against McCarthy on the […]
Archives for January 2023
David French joins The New York Times
The Dispatch and Atlantic writer, known for a conservativism that celebrates pluralism and rejects Trumpism, will be a regular columnist at The New York Times. Here is the press release: Writing about politics and current affairs in the era of […]
History in crisis
Historian Jon Lauck‘s editorial at Middle West Review has been making the rounds on social media. The piece is behind a paywall, but here are the first couple of paragraphs: You can see it in the empty chairs. History conferences […]
REVIEW: Out There with a Lantern
Cormac McCarthy inspires a consequential question: What is the worth of holy awe?
Evangelical roundup for January 2, 2023
What is happening in Evangelical Land? HAPPY NEW YEAR! An evangelical pastor writes about his congregation’s views on immigration. Global evangelicals meet to discuss theological education. A leading Swiss evangelical on religion and politics. Tony Campolo at 87: What is […]
Happy New Year, 1991!
In history, three decades can be everything—or nothing at all
Sunday night odds and ends
A few things online that caught my attention this week: When did humans arrive in the Americas? Michael Roth reviews Costica Bradatan, In Praise of Failure: Four Lessons in Humility Tattoos in 16th-century Roanoke On historians who weigh-in on political […]
Current‘s most read features in 2022
Thanks to all of you who read Current features in 2022. Editor Eric Miller and his team did a wonderful job recruiting high-quality writers who wrote thought provoking essays. And there is more to come in 2023! Here are the […]