By refusing to condemn antisemitic student protests, Biden sounds eerily like the “there were fine people on both sides” statement by Donald Trump in response to White supremacists marching in Charlottesville, Virginia in 2017.
Archives for April 2024
The former publisher of The National Enquirer testified today in the People v. Donald Trump
Today we were reminded of the sleazy tabloid world in which Donald Trump lived as he ran for president in 2016. David Pecker, Trump’s longtime friend (they are no longer speaking) and the publisher of the The National Enquirer testified […]
Reactionary protesters and Harvard bigotry
This week’s reactionary protests at Harvard and Columbia have a long, ignoble history.
The Author’s Corner with Mauricio Castro
Mauricio Castro is Assistant Professor of History and Chair of Latin American Studies at Centre College. This interview is based on his new book, Only a Few Blocks to Cuba: Cold War Refugee Policy, the Cuban Diaspora, and the Transformation […]
REVIEW: The Exvangelicals
There’s more than one way to deconstruct
New antisemitism: “A Hatred Immune to Education”
When it comes to antisemitism in America, it’s out with the old, in with the new.
Happy Earth Day!
Today is Earth Day. The first Earth Day was commemorated on April 22, 1970. I am reminded of these words from Neil Pogue’s book The Nature of the Religious Right: The Struggle Between Conservative Evangelicals and the Environmental Movement: Initially, […]
Christian nationalism, democratic discourse, and people from New Jersey trying harder
Last night I spoke at St. Paul’s United Church of Christ in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania as part of a “Courageous Conversations” program sponsored by five area churches. The topic was “Christian Nationalism.” I spoke for about forty minutes and tried to […]
Kristi Noem auditions for the role of Trump’s VP
Did anyone watch Dana Bash’s interview with South Dakota governor Kristi Noem on CNN yesterday? Watch: If you want to be successful in Trumpian politics all you need to do is repeat, almost mechanically or robotically, Trump talking points. The […]
Columbia University moves classes online amid pro-Palestinian protests
Here is CBS News: Protests at Columbia University over the Israel-Hamas war are entering their sixth day Monday, sparking more safety concerns for students on campus. Columbia University President Minouche Shafik announced classes will be remote Monday, “To deescalate the rancor and […]
Evangelical roundup for April 21, 2024
What is happening in Evangelical land? Non-denominational evangelicals and the poor David French on the diversity of evangelicalism World Vision remembers Earth Day: Russian army turns on Ukrainian evangelicals Evangelical young people and opposition to same-sex relationships Shane Claiborne is […]
Funeral Food
In times of loss, the gift of food meets many needs
Ode to enthusiasm
Our time seems less likely to produce or appreciate a Keats, and that is unfortunate. Many people spend much of their time being critical or angry.
Sunday night odds and ends
A few things online that caught my attention this week: Does the world still need Immanuel Kant? Jimmy Breslin on the 1962 Mets: “Basically, the trouble with the Mets is the way they play baseball.” An Atlantic writer takes a […]
What is trending 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:
LONG FORM: Left Conservatism?
George Scialabba’s lifetime of writing—and our age itself—call forth the category
Blessing of Unicorns: Books, books, books–and exercise!
This week’s roundup includes books coverage and essays on exercise. But it’s okay to read about exercise and not feel like you need to go for a run or something after.
Evangelical roundup for April 17, 2024
What is happening in Evangelical land? Evangelicalism is growing in the United Kingdom. Are Southern Baptists breaking with Christian nationalists? More here. Evangelicals bringing water to Sudan: The Italian Evangelical Alliance celebrates its 50th birthday Rwandan evangelicals thirty years after […]
The Author’s Corner with Linford D. Fisher, Sheila M. McIntyre, and Julie A. Fisher
Linford D. Fisher is Associate Professor of History at Brown University, Sheila M. McIntyre is Associate Professor of History at the State University of New York at Potsdam, and Julie A. Fisher is a historian, educator, and editor. This interview […]
REVIEW: The Believer
Guelzo’s Lincoln clarifies the moral foundations of democratic patriotism in a corrosive age