A few things online that caught my attention this week: Liberal socialism Peter Wehner on “The Chosen“ When people thought California was an island. Teaching the secrecy of the Constitutional Convention. The John Birch Society is now mainstream Former Harvard […]
Archives for February 2024
Theocracy reigns at CPAC. Christian nationalist says “we didn’t get all the way there on January 6th”
In my recent review of Rob Reiner’s film “God and Country” at Christianity Today, I suggested that many on the political left tend to conflate “Christian nationalism” with basically any form of conservative evangelical political engagement. But that doesn’t mean […]
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:
What Does the Second Anniversary of the Invasion of Ukraine Mean?
For many reasons, it’s a question we would rather not consider
A Blessing of Unicorns (02/23/2024)
This week’s unicorns include maggots on a plane, WaPo on squirrels, oldest lipstick, Flannery O’Connor, marriage penalties, toxic productivity, the future of the humanities, and the second anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
America Abroad: Slinking Back to Form
At the second anniversary of the Russia-Ukraine war, an old stance is passé no more
Evangelical roundup for February 22, 2024
What is happening in evangelical land? The New York Times obituary for WORLD magazine founder Joel Belz. Randall Balmer on his father’s evangelicalism. More on the recent conference on Carl F.H. Henry’s The Uneasy Conscience of Modern Fundamentalism. Conflict at […]
The good failures of unplugging: seven months later
Tech resistance and unplugging isn’t about superhumans doing perfectly that at which ordinary people fail; it’s about ordinary people dusting themselves off repeatedly and trying again, because the goal of a more humane life is worth pursuing.
Some additional thoughts about Hillsdale
Further thoughts in response to feedback from Monday’s essay: additions, concessions, clarifications.
Johnson Throws the Knuckleball
Spring training is here. Decisions must be made. Listen in.
As Current grows in readership and quality, we’d love your support!
As Executive Editor of Current, I am continually blown away by the authors who entrust their work to our care. Check out, for example: The Arena blog has been on fire of late. Check out posts on Alexei Navalny, the […]
Teachers deserve a lot more money
How about a staring salary of $100,000 a year? Here is Daniel Pink at The Washington Post: Adam DiPerna always had to hold it in. As a Spanish teacher at Gerald G. Huesken Middle School in Lancaster, Pa., he’d arrive in his […]
REVIEW: Remaking the World
What’s 1776 got to do with it?
Navalny’s death and Russia’s school of fear
Navalny’s assassination is just another class in Russia’s state-sponsored school of fear.
Scholars: Trump is the worst president in American history.
Here is the top 20 from the “2024 Presidential Greatness Project Expert Survey.” Obama and Ulysses S. Grant are on the upswing. Andrew Jackson and Calvin Coolidge out of the top 20. The bottom three: Andrew Johnson, James Buchanan, and […]
Trump responds to the death of Alexei Navalny
Trump does not condemn Putin for Navalny’s death. He shows no remorse for Navalny or his family. He is unable to exercise even the smallest amount of empathy. And he uses Navalny’s death to air his own grievances. But hey, […]
Presidents Day headlines have a story to tell
Presidents Day headlines have a story to tell–by omissions as much as inclusions.
The Author’s Corner with Kirsten Wood
Kirsten Wood is Associate Professor of History at Florida International University. This interview is based on her new book, Accommodating the Republic: Taverns in the Early United States (University of North Carolina Press, 2023). JF: What led you to write […]
Evangelical roundup for February 19, 2024
What is happening in Evangelical land? Sojourners reviews Rob Reiner’s film “God and Country” The battle for souls in the deepest Amazon. The folks at the Institute on Religion & Democracy commemorate the 75th anniversary of Carl F.H. Henry’s The […]
Selling “Christian” Hillsdale
The rise of civilizational Christian colleges