Some fine sports writing here from Fredric J. Frommer at The Washington Post. He tells the story of the riot that occurred in Cleveland Stadium during a Cleveland Indians (now Guardians)-Texas Rangers game on June 4, 1974. This melee should […]
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Shakespeareās Worst Plays
When the Bard was off his game
A “just peace” for both Israel and the Palestinians
Christians who love both Israel and the Palestinians should support “just peacemaking.”
āI am confident that Lincoln did not order Jefferson Davisā assassination. The claim is phony: āpreposterousā isĀ le mot juste!ā
Did Abraham Lincoln order the assassination of Confederate president Jefferson Davis? The quote in the title comes from Oxford University Lincoln scholar Richard Carwardine. It appears at the end of Tom Mackaman‘s review of two recent attempts by Apple TV […]
This kid’s reaction says it all
Here is Judy Kurtz at The Hill: Sparring lawmakers and made-for-TV moments in House hearings have nothing on Congressās newest, adorable viral star: Rep.Ā John RoseāsĀ 6-year-old son. The Tennessee Republicanās kindergarten graduate has won over political junkie fans and C-SPAN devotees […]
“Mr” Fauci
Marjorie Taylor Greene may be a “national disgrace,” but what does this performance (see below) say about Georgia’s 14th district, the American voters who elected her? And as long as we are at it: In my book, Fauci is a […]
āThe real issue is the presidentās character ā¦ [and] the way we have separated sin from consequences.”
On February 19, 1999, Albert Mohler, the president of Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, appeared on Larry King Live on CNN to talk about Bill Clinton’s impeachment. The Baptist Press did a story on that appearance. You can read it here. […]
Harvey Mansfield and conservatism at Harvard
The 92-year-old political philosopher retired from Harvard’s government department last year. His students include Tom Cotton, Andrew Sullivan, Alan Keyes, Bill Kristol, Mark Lilla, and Francis Fukuyama. Mansfield recently talked with Tunku Varadarajan about progressivism, liberalism, and conservatism at Harvard. […]
Baseball, life, and honest reporting
What makes a good, honest reporter? Someone who neither minimizes nor maximizes a walk but sees, writes, and leaves the prophecy to others.
Christian ministries go remote
The deck of Daniel Silliman’s Christianity Today piece reads: “Evangelical organizations including Wycliffe, CT, and Lifeway are giving up their buildings and developing new models for remote work.” Here is a taste: A lot of office workers are discovering that […]
REVIEW: Basketballās Magic
Before there was Michael, there was Magic
Without fear or favor: the D.A. who convicted a president
The story of the D.A. who secured President Trump’s recent conviction is worth examining in more detail.
Charlie Kirk and Eric Metaxas on the Trump conviction: “We are up against pure evil”
It seems that whenever the members of the Christian wing of the MAGA party suffer a loss, such as when their leader gets convicted on 34 felony charges–they turn to spiritual warfare. There is a certain logic to this move. […]
At least one Southern Baptist congregation might leave the denomination after Albert Moher’s recent opinion piece on the Trump felony conviction:
Earlier this week I said a few things about Albert Mohler essay on Donald Trump’s 34 felony convictions. You may recall his piece–it is the one in which Mohler, the president of Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, calls Joe […]
Sunday night odds and ends
A few things online that caught my attention this week: James Hunter on the moral formation of democracy. Kate Lucky reviews Sarah McCammon’s The Exvangelicals: Loving, Living, and Leaving the White Evangelical Church Should Trump get prison time? Physical bodies. […]
Based on this interview, Peter Brown would probably have a snowball’s chance in hell of getting elected president of the American Historical Association today.
Here is The New York Review of Books interview with scholar Peter Brown: Nawal Arjini:Ā What are some of the difficulties and pleasures in researching the less documented aspects of the everyday people of the past? Peter Brown:Ā I am fascinated by […]
Song of the Day
HT: Mets announcer Gary Cohen
“I am left to conclude from these opinions that our greatest problem …is with the people of this land! We have lost our ability to discern the difference between right and wrong.”
This September 1998 James Dobson letter to his Focus on the Family constituency is loaded. (See our last two posts.) I was also struck by this passage: At one point during the shocking revelations last month, Clintonās public approval rating […]
“Can both fresh water and salt water flow from the same spring (James 3:11 NIV)?”
I have been rereading James Dobson’s September 1998 letter to his Focus on the Family constituency in the wake of the Clinton-Lewinsky scandal. It is an amazing primary source, especially in light of the evangelical embrace of Donald Trump, a […]
“There were other indications that [he] was untruthful and immoral. Why, then, did the American people ignore so many red flags”
This was James Dobson in a letter to his September 1988 newsletter to his Focus on the Family constituency. Read it here. By the way, the “he” in the title of this post is a reference to Bill Clinton. The […]