A few things online that caught my attention this week: When the United States dabbled in hippo farming. Why the founding fathers loved the classics Susan Sontag on independent thinking Charisma Chuck Berry Democrats who want Trump to win the […]
Archives for June 2023
“…the only way to reboot civic learning is if we adults can name and shake our addiction: It’s hate, rage and division.”
Here is Harvard political scientist Danielle Allen at The Washington Post: New national educational test results arrived this month — this time for civics — and again the news is bleak. We all know the storyline. The pandemic hit hard. Students lost […]
Song of the Day
“Strangely enough, the humanities are faltering just at the moment when we’ve never needed them more.”
Apparently New York Times columnist Maureen Dowd just got an M.A. in English Literature from Columbia University. Here is a taste of her piece “Don’t Kill ‘Frankenstein’ With Real Frankensteins at Large“: And who is a better guide to covering […]
What is popular this week at Current?
Here are the most popular features of the week at Current: Here are the most popular posts of the last week at The Way of Improvement Leads Home blog: Here are the most popular posts of the last week at The Arena blog:
Ideas in Progress: Christopher Gehrz on choosing a (Christian) college
Our kids are still in middle school, so we’ve got a few years to go before we need to help them make the two of the biggest decisions they’ll make: where to go to college and what to do when […]
REVIEW: The Making of Ex-Christian America
Deconversion is the story of a generation. But other stories are already in the offing.
Amitai Etzioni (1929-2023)
In 2018 I got an e-mail from Amitai Etzioni. He invited me to participate in a “civil dialogue” at The Arena Theater in Washington D.C. titled “There Are No Deplorables Here: A Dialogue Between Trump Supporters and Opponents.” Needless to […]
“The worst of the DEI industry is expensive and runs from useless to counterproductive.”
Here is Conor Freidersdorf at The Atlantic: The diversity, equity, and inclusion industry exploded in 2020 and 2021, but it is undergoing a reckoning of late, and not just in states controlled by Republicans, where officials are dismantling DEI bureaucracies in public […]
Springsteen reads a fan’s research paper during a concert in Edinburgh
Nathan Collet‘s University of Nottingham 12,000 word research paper (it looks like a master’s thesis) was titled, “Brilliant Disguises: An Analysis of Masculinity Through the Works and Life of Bruce Springsteen.” I’ll let the Daily Record take it from here: […]
Chris Christie is running for president
The former New Jersey governor is in. I heard a commentator say that Christie’s “lane” to the GOP nomination “runs through Donald Trump.” Will Trump get the Rubio treatment? Whatever happens, it should be entertaining:
The Kings College loses its accreditation
Here is Josh Moody at Inside Higher Ed: Already facing severe financial pressures, the King’s College was dealt another blow last week when the Middle States Commission on Higher Education withdrew its accreditation. In an announcement posted to the MSCHE website, the […]
Evangelical roundup for June 1, 2023
What is happening in Evangelical land? Are evangelicals still ruling the GOP? Should evangelicals support Trump in 2024? The Israel religious affairs minister apologizes to evangelicals. Evangelicals in Uganda and the death penalty for homosexuality. Albert Mohler is all in. […]
Why does the US have such a large national debt?
Now that the country has once again survived a trip to the brink of financial chaos in exchange for concessions related to the debt ceiling, it’s worth asking why the United States has such a large federal debt and what […]
Reconsidering Homeschooling, Part II: Challenges and Solutions
The task of educating children at home may not be as tall as you think