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Archives for July 2024

Are we past “peak woke?” Nope. Just look at some conservatives.

John Fea   |  July 24, 2024

Tyler Austin Harper argues that “wokeness” is as much about form as it is content. When it comes to form, many conservatives appear to be just as “woke” as the progressive reactionaries they despise. Here is a taste of Harper’s […]

The Southern Baptist Convention’s Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission explains the mess

John Fea   |  July 24, 2024

Today my sympathy goes out to Elizabeth Bristow, the press secretary of the Southern Baptist Convention’s Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission. On Monday she had to send out a press release announcing that ERLC president Brent Leatherwood was fired. On […]

Three Strikes Against Harris: Geography, Identity, Skill

Jim Cullen   |  July 24, 2024

Why is majoritarian appeal so tough to come by for Democrats and Republicans alike?

Interview with Elizabeth Stice: announcing Orange Blossom Ordinary

Elizabeth Stice   |  July 24, 2024

Introducing Orange Blossom Ordinary, a new review of books, edited by Elizabeth Stice

Joe Scarborough performs at the 2000 GOP convention

John Fea   |  July 23, 2024

Came across this today. Before he was “Morning Joe” he was “Regular Joe”

Brent Leatherwood is back as president of the Southern Baptist Convention’s Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission.

John Fea   |  July 23, 2024

Last night, Brent Leatherwood was fired as the president of the Southern Baptist Convention’s Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission (ERLC). Or was he? Today, Leatherwood is back. The latest: So what happened in the last 36 hours or so? On […]

Country over Party

Adam Jortner   |  July 23, 2024

America just got a break from politics as usual

An alternative source for book reviews

Marvin Olasky   |  July 23, 2024

Additional book review resources to help you find the next good read.

Brent Leatherwood is OUT as head of the Southern Baptist Convention’s Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission

John Fea   |  July 22, 2024

Earlier today, we called your attention to the way the Southern Baptists who were turning on one of there own–ERLC president Brent Leatherwood. Check out that post here. We chronicle this “turning” in excruciating detail. After Joe Biden announced that […]

Trouble in paradise?

John Fea   |  July 22, 2024

Here is Atlantic writer Tim Alberta on X: More context at The New Republic and here.

“J.D. Vance ain’t from here”

John Fea   |  July 22, 2024

Andy Beshear for vice president? Here is WHAS11 TV in Louisville, Kentucky: Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris Monday morning to take Joe Biden’s place atop the Democratic ticket, but he also had plenty to say about U.S. Sen. […]

Evangelical roundup: Members of the Southern Baptist Convention turn on one of their own:

John Fea   |  July 22, 2024

Evangelicals–left, right, and center–have now had a chance to sleep on America’s new political reality. We posted yesterday on their initial reaction to Biden’s withdrawal from the race. Let’s see what they are saying today: President of the Southern Baptist […]

The Trump campaign’s worst nightmare

John Fea   |  July 22, 2024

The GOP played its hand in Milwaukee. The entire Republican National Convention was designed to attack Joe Biden. The GOP has chosen its vice-presidential candidate. But with Biden out of the race, the Democratic Party now has the opportunity to […]

Former Maryland governor Larry Hogan, now running for one of the state’s GOP U.S. Senate seat, rips Project 2025

John Fea   |  July 22, 2024

Last weekend, Donald Trump distanced himself from the Heritage Foundation‘s “presidential transition” plan called Project 2025. So did moderate Republican Larry Hogan. Here is a taste of Hogan’s recent piece at The Washington Post: I am a firm believer in […]

Image of the day

John Fea   |  July 22, 2024

Messiah

James Wildeman   |  July 22, 2024

A writer remembers Christmas (in July)

The Catholic conversion of J. D. Vance

Daniel K. Williams   |  July 22, 2024

Now that he is the Republican vice presidential nominee, J. D. Vance is one of the most famous Catholic converts in the United States.

Sunday night odds and ends

John Fea   |  July 21, 2024

A few things online that caught my attention this week: Would J.D. Vance join a UAW picket line outside a Tesla factory? Goodbye J.D. Salinger, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Ernest Hemingway, Herman Melville, Nathaniel Hawthorne, James Joyce, David Foster Wallace, and […]

Historic video of the day:

John Fea   |  July 21, 2024

Shapiro defeated Doug Mastriano in 2022, so he knows how to run against MAGA. Will he be on the ticket in November?

John Fea   |  July 21, 2024

Biden is out. He has endorsed Kamala Harris. But we still don’t know who the Democrats will pick to run against Donald Trump. Whoever it is, Pennsylvania governor Josh Shapiro will be considered as a running mate. Here is our […]

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