Anthony G. Roeber is Professor of Church History at St. Vladimir’s Orthodox Theological Seminary. This interview is based on his new book, Orthodox Christians and the Rights Revolution in America (Fordham University Press, 2024). JF: What led you to write Orthodox […]
Archives for March 2024
Donald McGovern?
The unexpected resonances of a dreary presidential campaign
Better a slow horse than a show horse
The slow horses aren’t always what they seem.
The Author’s Corner with Brian M. Ingrassia
Brian M. Ingrassia is Associate Professor of History at West Texas A&M University. This interview is based on his new book, Speed Capital: Indianapolis Auto Racing and the Making of Modern America (University of Illinois Press, 2024). JF: What led […]
Does journalism have a “religion problem”?
Andrew T. Walker of Al Mohler’s Southern Baptist Theological Seminary seems to think so. Read his piece at the National Review Online. Here is a taste: Journalism has a religion problem. More specifically, journalists are either unaware or unwilling to […]
Shoplifting
A brief chapter in the history of the bourgeoisie
How can we end the semiannual time changes?
As we struggle to get through the first workday of daylight saving time, the big question is: why are we doing this again?
Evangelical roundup for March 11, 2024
What is happening in Evangelical land? World Vision USA celebrates International Women’s Day: Late Canadian prime minister Brian Mulroney and evangelicals. Kay and Rick Warren have started a new non-profit: Rick on the Kingdom of God: D.G. Hart: Evangelicalism is […]
“You can’t love your country only when you win”
I am on the road this month so my reaction to news stories has been a bit slower than usual. Today I finally got caught up on the responses to Joe Biden’s State of the Union address: Watch the entire […]
Sunday night odds and ends
A few things online that caught my attention this week: In praise of Churchill and FDR Anna Kornbluh on our obsession with individualism. The small group of White House staffers who prepared the way for Gerald Ford months before Nixon […]
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:
The Author’s Corner with Michael J. Megelsh
Michael J. Megelsh is Assistant Professor of History at Blue Mountain Christian University. This interview is based on his new book, Adelbert Ames, the Civil War, and the Creation of Modern America (The Kent State University Press, 2024). JF: What […]
The Founding Fathers and Super Tuesday 2024
“Ignorance and despotism seem made for each other.”
On this International Women’s Day, celebrate by reading women
The intellectual world of those whose reading diet does not regularly include the work of women is greatly impoverished.
The Author’s Corner with Robert M. Owens
Robert M. Owens is Professor of History at Wichita State University. This interview is based on his new book, Killing Over Land: Murder and Diplomacy on the Early American Frontier (University of Oklahoma Press, 2024). JF: What led you to […]
Evangelical roundup for March 7, 2024
What is happening in Evangelical land? How evangelicals became a voting bloc. More on evangelicals defending immigrants. Tim Tebow testifies before Congress and talks about a “biblical definition of hope” for sexually abused children. A World Vision staff member is […]
What’s next for Russia?
All is not well in Russia. The unknown future, however, should worry us even more.
REVIEW: The Great Plague of 1720
From much death came much centralization
Susan Wise Bauer on her experience at Liberty University
Some of you know Susan Wise Bauer as a gifted narrative historian and one of the leaders of the classical homeschool movement. I don’t know many homeschoolers who have not read her book The Well Trained-Mind: A Guide to Classical […]
More cherry-picking from the Bartons
Watch the clip below. Tim Barton, the president of Wallbuilders, is speaking at an evangelical congregation: So what is Tim Barton doing here? He wants his audience to believe that the founders sought national unity at the time the Revolution […]