One unicorn may just be a figment of your imagination: did you even see it? But many unicorns put together form a blessing. *** Letās start with a news story that my children, who have been digging up the backyard […]
Archives for September 2023
Christian Trumpism in South Dakota
Ron Filipkowski with another disturbing clip:
Nancy Pelosi will seek reelection to Congress in 2024
The former Speaker of the House is not retiring anytime soon. Here is the Associated Press: Former House SpeakerĀ Nancy PelosiĀ said Friday that she will seek reelection to Congress in 2024 as Democrats try to win back the majority. Pelosi, 83, […]
Eboo Patel: “It’s time to overturn the Robin DiAngelo and Ibram X. Kendi model” of “power and privilege”
Patel argues that universities should switch from an “antiracism” model of diversity to a ‘cosmpolitan” model. Here is a taste his Chronicle of Higher Education piece: “Today’s DEI Is Obsessed With Power and Privilege“: Over the past five years or […]
What is popular this week at Current?
Here are the most popular features of the week atĀ Current: Here are the most popular posts of the last week atĀ The Way of Improvement Leads HomeĀ blog: Here are the most popular posts of the last week atĀ The ArenaĀ blog:
The Author’s Corner with Kathryn Cramer Brownell
Kathryn Cramer Brownell is Associate Professor of History at Purdue University. This interview is based on her new book, 24/7 Politics: Cable Television and the Fragmenting of America from Watergate to Fox News (Princeton University Press, 2023). JF: What led […]
Start a JUNTO!
For college students, wisdom is often cultivated in communities of friendship
The pumpkinification of autumn
āTis the season of pumpkin spice and everything nice. At midnight on September 1st, it happened again, just as it does every year in recent memory: the pumpkinification of autumn. The term is one, I should note, that existed already […]
Evangelical roundup for September 7, 2023
What is happening in Evangelical land? Brazil evangelicals and sports betting. The debate continues about evangelical dechurching. The latest news on the closing of Alliance University. Bless your pastor. France closes a ministry doing conversion therapy. Evangelicals and the labor […]
Observations for students in higher ed at the beginning of the semester
1. Higher ed is not K-12. Expect things to be different. 2. Your professors are not here to entertain you. Your professors are not here to motivate you. Sometimes they will be entertaining or motivating, and when they are, consider […]
Are We Prepared for the Militarization of the Trump Movement?Ā
The endgame of election denial is already underway
Springsteen postpones all his September shows
He is dealing with peptic ulcer disease:
The praying coach resigns. He’s going to stick with the right-wing media tours.
Remember Joe Kennedy, the praying football coach? He won his court case but decided to make a nation-wide right-wing media tour instead of returning to coaching football at Bremerton High School in Washington state. This year Kennedy finally returned to […]
Federalist Society and Trump-appointed judge puts Proud Boys chairman away for 22 years.
In case you missed it, District Judge Timothy Kelly just gave former Proud Boys Chairman Enrique Tarrio twenty-two years in prison for his leadership of a failed attempt to prevent Joe Biden from becoming President of the United States. Right-wing […]
Conservative sportswriter Jason Whitlock: “Deion says heās a follower of Jesus Christ, but he completely ignores every scripture related to humility.”
After the University of Colorado football team upset victory over Texas Christian last weekend, evangelicals fell in love with the Buffalo coach Deion Sanders. Here are some examples: Every now and then Glenn Beck’s Blaze Media publishes something I agree […]
“…this was a show with a theme, and that theme was mortality”
I wish I got the chance to see Springsteen last week at MetLife Stadium, but it just wasn’t in the cards this time around. Though it’s not the same as a concert, this reflection from an English Springsteen fan who […]
What happens to the longsuffering Detroit Lions fan if the team starts winning?
I am not a Detroit Lions fan, but I have a future son-in-law who lives and dies with the team. Over the last couple of years I have watched him as the Lions lose yet another game on a last-second […]
Letter to my freshman self
Dear Self (17), Youāre weird. Or maybe not? Youāre not sure yet. A lot of self-discovery lies ahead. First of all, youāll be confused at orientation when your new friends call themselves ākids.ā You yourself have been grown up for […]
Making Amends
The argument against Trumpās eligibility for the presidency is strong. Evangelicals should get behind it.
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