Nine years ago, WFAN (New York City) sports radio host Mike Francesa took this call: I am trying to think of something smart to say about how this video reflects public discourse today. But I think I’ll just let it […]
Archives for June 2024
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 Cara Rogers Stevens
Cara Rogers Stevens is Associate Professor of History at Ashland University. This interview is based on her new book, Thomas Jefferson and the Fight against Slavery (University Press of Kansas, 2024). JF: What led you to write Thomas Jefferson and the […]
REVIEW: Written in Water
In her study of ‘the classic’ in art, Rochelle Gurstein summons us back to a common world
Blessing of Unicorns: A Tudor Castle, reading Ukrainian and Classical literature, the intact mind, and Mary Cassatt at work
This week’s unicorns: A Tudor Castle lost and found, reading Ukrainian and Classical literature, deep reading, the intact mind, and Mary Cassatt at work in the Philadelphia Museum of Art.
The New Journalism and the “war over creative nonfiction”
I will start this post with this: If you are a creative nonfiction writer we want to see your work at Current. Maybe this piece by Eric Bennet at The Chronicle of Higher Education will inspire you to send us […]
Song of the Day
Can anyone figure out why this is the song of the day?
PREVIEW: The Politics of the Cross
A Christian alternative to partisanship
Counterpoint: celebrities talking politicsālet them eat cake
When it comes to talking politics, celebrities do not always get it right, but neither do the rest of us.
The tragedy of American communism
Maurice Isserman is the Publius Virgilius Rogers Professor of American History at Hamilton College. He is the author, most recently, of Reds: The Tragedy of American Communism. Over at The Guardian, Isserman writes: “I was struck by the mystery of […]
A no hitter in Brooklyn caught by a humble major league catcher
Last night, three minor league pictures–Dakota Hawkins, Joey Lancellott, and Joseph Cornielly–pitched a combined no-hitter as the Brooklyn Cyclones (the Mets’ High A affiliate) defeated the Aberdeen Ironbirds (Baltimore Orioles High A affiliate) 3-0. The current New York Mets starting […]
Who will be the next president of the Southern Baptist Convention?
Next week Southern Baptists will head to Indianapolis for their annual meeting. Religion News Service profiles the presidential candidates: The six candidates are vying for one of the most influential volunteer jobs in American religion. Though unpaid, the SBC president […]
Jenna Ellis loses her law license
The evangelical Christian lawyer who aided Donald Trump in his attempt to overthrow the 2020 election just lost her law license. Here is CNN: Jenna Ellis, who assisted Donald Trump after the 2020 election thenĀ pleaded guilty last yearĀ in the Georgia […]
Nuns for Trump
Donald Trump may be struggling to win over white suburban women and Black women, but he has some fans among Catholic nuns. Here is a taste of Elle Hardy’s piece at Unherd: Bespectacled and berobed, a softly spoken nun may […]
What Tortured Poets Might Teach Us
More than just how to shake it off, it turns out
Interview with Dan Williams on Politics of the Cross, paperback release
Tomorrow is the paperback release of Politics of the Cross. How well did this book age since 2021? Find out in this interview.
An evangelical singer releases a pro-Trump Christian music video
This is not a parody. Here is Natasha Owens: Lyrics: Iām not saying Heās something divine He gets in trouble bigly Time after time Heās controversial But one thing is true Imperfect people A perfect God can use Iām standing […]
Help the Michigan Christian Study Center buy its building
Rick Ostrander and his team are doing some great work at the Michigan Christian Study Center on the campus of the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor. I encourage you to watch this video and think hard about lending them […]
James Carville on driving a wedge between MAGA voters and non-MAGA Trump voters
Interesting. I think Carville is on to something here. I would add that his thoughts are especially relevant for those conservative evangelicals who are really disgusted with Trump’s connection to MAGA, but would vote for Trump in November because they […]
Harvard’s Faculty of Arts and Sciences scrap diversity statements
Back in April, Harvard philosophy professor Edward J. Hall wrote, “Furor over diversity statements in hiring is a red herring…we should direct anger at its proper target: not diversity statements themselves, but rather the horribly distorted view that has taken […]