Over at The Chronicle of Higher Education, Beth McMurtrie writes: Students seem increasingly cynical about the value of college, transactional in their approach to learning, and frustrated by their coursework. On college tours and in admissions literature, they are promised […]
Archives for August 2024
Blessing of Unicorns: Postliberalism, third party voting, how “Studying the Midwest became cool,” and more!
One unicorn is just, well, one unicorn. Gather a herd together, though, and they form a Blessing of Unicorns upon your day!
On “pushing MAGA back to the periphery of American life”
David French writes: “There is a difference between beating a candidate and sidelining a movement…I believe that fear may be sufficient to beat Trump, but only joy can push MAGA back to the periphery of American life.” I hope he […]
Obamacare enrollments nearly doubled from 2020 to 2021
According to The Washington Post, the Affordable Care Act is not only working, it is “working brilliantly.” Here is a taste of the Post‘s editorial page: The Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare, is a big reason why. It […]
Speaking from Mars Hill
Hosted by the indomitable Ken Myers, Mars Hill Audio (MHA) is a more than three-decade effort to bring the best of scholarship to the attention of thinking Christians.
REVIEW: Homeschooling Boys
Educators could benefit from a very close reading of Calvin and Hobbes
New information on the Emmett Till murder
Over at The Washington Post, Gillian Brockell reports on William Bradford Huie‘s research notes. Huie’s 1956 article in Look magazine was considered by many at the time to be the “true account” of Emmett Till’s killing. Here is Brockell: William […]
Pro-life conservative evangelicals learn that Donald Trump’s “art of the deal” also applies to abortion
Donald Trump does not support Florida’s six-week ban on abortion. Here is Politico: Donald Trump says he doesn’t support the six-week abortion ban put in place by former ally Gov. Ron DeSantis in the former president’s adopted home state. But […]
We have now entered the “go to hell” phase of the 2024 presidential race
I guess this is a logical outcome when politics becomes spiritual warfare. 🙂 I’ll let Meryl Kornfield of The Washington Post take it from here: Former president Donald Trump’s running mate, Sen. JD Vance of Ohio, doubled down Wednesday on […]
The pro-life movement continues to turn on Trump
We’ve covered this story here and here and here. Now a leader of the pro-life movement says, “It is not the job of the pro-life movement to vote for President Trump.” Her name is Lila Rose and she leads the […]
“More Christian Colleges Will Close. Can They Finish Well?” My piece in Christianity Today
John Fea has been blogging extensively about the crisis in Christian higher ed and, really, higher ed more generally–see here for content on this site tagged as “higher education.” This has also been a matter of great concern for me […]
Should a women’s college bar transgender students?
Does a women’s college stop being a women’s college if it admits transgender students? Sweet Briar College was recently faced with this question and it answered “yes.” Sweet Briar has decided to maintain its mission as a woman’s college by […]
National Endowment for the Humanities announces August 2024 grant winners
Here are a few of the grants that caught my eye: William Okie (Outright: $35,000)[Public Scholars]Kennesaw State University AND A CURRENT AUTHOR!Project Title: The Hidden Histories of Wayside PlantsProject Description: Writing a book about the natural and cultural history of […]
Gift guide: What to give homeschooling parents whose preschoolers are causing mayhem
Homeschooling preschool doesn’t require a curriculum in a box. It does require a plan.
REVIEW: A Manual for Homeschooling
Swanson’s book provides inspiration of the most practical kind
Wehner: “The pro-life justification for supporting the former president has now collapsed”
Over the course of the past week we have called your attention to Donald Trump’s appeal to pro-choice voters. See our posts here and here. Today at The Atlantic, Peter Wehner makes a similar case: The most common argument made […]
The Challenges of Assessing Presidential Candidates’ Character
Evangelicals in 1976 wanted to vote for the candidate with the most integrity, but could not agree who that was.
Voices from Home
A cardboard box of cassettes carries a whole lot more
David Bentley Hart’s newest book is out (and so is my review in Christianity Today)
David Bentley Hart’s newest book reminds that for much of human existence, people were more Thales than Richard Dawkins.
Too many books?
In a beautiful piece at The New York Times, Margaret Renkl wonders what to do with all the books that her husband, an English teacher, brought home after he retired. Here is a taste: My husband, Haywood, reached retirement age […]