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Archives for 2023
Song of the day
Evangelical roundup for November 2, 2023
What is happening in Evangelical land? Many Latino evangelicals have spoken with dead people. English evangelicals who have a “high view of scripture” and support same-sex relationships. A Palestinian Christian and a Messiah College graduate calls for a ceasefire in […]
REVIEW: Suckers for Ideals
McKinsey & Company’s influence is hidden—and so is its catalog of harm
Who needs Twitter/X? Some reflections on networks of knowledge in a democracy
Democracies need shared spaces for discussing ideas and fostering intellectual networks. Twitter offered such a space.
Quinnipiac: RFK Jr. gets 22% as an independent in a 3-way presidential race
In the 1992 presidential race Ross Perot, who ran as an independent, got 18.9% of the vote. Perot’s candidacy cost George H.W. Bush a second term as president and got Bill Clinton elected. Today’s national Quinnipiac poll (this polling service […]
Mike Johnson is not the only David Barton fan to be Speaker of the House of Representatives
I was recently talking with a reporter who asked me if Mike Johnson was the first Speaker of the House to embrace the teachings of David Barton. I didn’t know the answer off the top of my head so after […]
Mike Johnson was the dean of the Paul Pressler School of Law
I noted this in my piece last week: “Who is Mike Johnson?” It has now caught the attention of the Associated Press. Here is Brian Slodysjo: Before House Speaker Mike Johnson was elected to public office, he was the dean of a […]
RFK Jr.’s candidacy may hurt Republicans more than Democrats
Here is the latest from Politico on the independent presidential candidate with the family name: Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is collecting checks from past Donald Trump donors at a much higher rate than former Joe Biden contributors, a sign the […]
Gaza in maps
I found this BBC story, complete with maps, helpful for understanding what is happening in Gaza right now.
The Department of Education fines Grand Canyon University $37.7 million
We introduced you to this story last month.Get up to speed here. Katherine Knott has the latest at Insider Higher Ed: The Education Department is fining Grand Canyon University a record $37.7Â million for misleading more than 7,500 students about the […]
The GOP debate stage is narrowing
Still no Trump, but next week’s debate in Miami will include Ron DeSantis, Nikki Haley, Vivek Ramaswamy, Chris Christie, and Tim Scott. Scott just made it. Here‘s Allison Novelo at CBS News: Sen. Tim Scott of South Carolina has secured his spot […]
Salvation Army of One
On the illusion of self-salvationÂ
Halloween, Christmas, and letting kids be kids
As this fall holiday season progresses on from Halloween that has just passed and on to Thanksgiving and Christmas, let kids be kids.
The Southern Baptist Convention: Who’s in charge?
We covered the sexual assault amicus brief controversy here and here for those who need to get up to speed. The disarray in the Southern Baptist Convention reached new “heights” this week, prompting one Virginia pastor to ask “who’s driving […]
The United Auto Workers now have deals with all three automakers
This is a significant victory for the working class and unions. Here is Alex N. Press at Jacobin: Forty-four days after occupying the General Motors plant in Flint, Michigan, in 1936, during the first sit-down strike, the United Auto Workers […]
Andrew Wehrman wins the Massachusetts Historical Society’s Gomes Memorial Book Prize
The Central Michigan University history professor won the prize for his book The Contagion of Liberty: The Politics of Smallpox in the American Revolution. Listen to our interview with Andrew Wehrman in Episode 107 of The Way of Improvement Leads […]
A Golden Anniversary
A season of doubt can be worthy of celebration
Reflections on the Western Regional Conference on Faith and History’s October 2023 gathering
Hope and the Historian: Western Regional Conference on Faith and History’s new president reports on this month’s gathering
What did the founding fathers mean by “virtue”?
Recently a follower on one of my social media sites asked me for some reading material on the 18th-century understanding of virtue. I have tried over the years to inform many of my fellow evangelicals that when the founders talked […]