Archives for October 2024

17 days until election day. What are evangelicals saying?

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The Associated Press is running an interesting piece about Asian-American evangelicals. They tend to be conservative in theology and conservative on social issues like gay marriage and abortion. But that doesn’t mean they all vote Republican. Like many Americans, older […]

The Author’s Corner with Kenneth S. Sacks

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Kenneth S. Sacks is Professor of History and Classics at Brown University. This interview is based on his new book, Emerson’s Civil Wars: Spirit and Society in the Age of Abolition (Cambridge University Press, 2024). JF: What led you to […]

Independent thinking requires submission to authority

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I included this Matthew Crawford Hedgehog Review piece in my last Sunday Night Odds and Ends, but I thought I would call attention to it again in a separate post. Here is a taste of “Why Individualism Fails to Create […]

18 days until Election Day. What are evangelicals saying?

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Today, fifty evangelical leaders from Wisconsin urged Harris, Walz, Trump, and Vance to “reflect biblical principles on immigration.” Evangelical relief agency World Relief was behind the letter to the candidates. The central argument is this: “The vast majority of American […]

The Author’s Corner with Geoffrey Wawro

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Geoffrey Wawro is University Distinguished Research Professor of History and Director of the Military History Center at the University of North Texas. This interview is based on his new book, The Vietnam War: A Military History (Basic Books, 2024). JF: […]

19 days until Election Day. What are evangelicals saying?

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Franklin Graham is still very upset about how “Evangelicals for Harris” used his father’s image in a campaign ad. The man who has supported Donald Trump in the last two elections is suggesting that the Evangelicals for Harris crowd does […]

The Nebraska prairie populist who might win a Senate seat

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Dan Osborn is an independent running for a Deb Fischer‘s Nebraska U.S. Senate seat. And he really has a chance. According to 538, he trails Fischer by less than one percentage point. Here is a taste of Justin Vassallo’s profile […]

The Author’s Corner with Richard L. Kagan

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Richard L. Kagan is Arthur O. Lovejoy Professor Emeritus and Academy Professor of History at Johns Hopkins University. This interview is based on his new book, The Inquisition’s Inquisitor: Henry Charles Lea of Philadelphia (University of Pennsylvania Press, 2024). JF: What […]

Bret Stephens offers Kamala Harris a closing argument

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The New York Times columnist writes a closing argument for Harris: My fellow citizens, When the tumultuous history of this year’s presidential election is written, future generations will note that the choice boiled down to this: the certainty of division […]

20 days until Election Day. What are evangelicals saying?

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Many on the Christian Right continue to remain nervous about surveys suggesting that large numbers of evangelicals may not vote in November. Over at the conservative website TownHall.com, a conservative writer named Rachel Alexander is shaming these evangelicals who plan […]

The Author’s Corner with Brett Bannor

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Brett Bannor is the manager of Animal Collections at the Atlanta History Center. This interview is based on his new book, American Sheep: A Cultural History (University of Georgia Press, 2024). JF: What led you to write American Sheep? BB: […]