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John H. Haas

John H. Haas is a retired professor of history and Contributing Editor at Current.

Lessons Not Yet Learned

John H. Haas   |  February 21, 2025

There is still reason to hope

REVIEW: Our Nazi

John H. Haas   |  January 28, 2025

A past failure of moral judgment sounds an alert today

January 6th pardons

John H. Haas   |  January 22, 2025

Almost all the 1500+ rioters have been pardoned by President Trump. What should we make of this?

Diversity and David

John H. Haas   |  January 14, 2025

Preaching on David reveals the difficulty of handling diversity in the church

Some of our favorite things II: Current writers and editors reflect on 2024

Eric Miller, Elizabeth Stice, John H. Haas and Nadya Williams   |  December 18, 2024

The beauty that made 2024 for us

Getting Along

John H. Haas   |  November 22, 2024

What horrifies me leaves you unconcerned. Why?

America as an act of faith

John H. Haas   |  November 19, 2024

The United States of America began as an act of faith. It still is.

FORUM: Election 2024

John H. Haas, Jim Cullen and Nadya Williams   |  November 9, 2024

A time to weep, a time to laugh

What one election poll is telling us

John H. Haas   |  October 24, 2024

At least voter apathy is on the decline.

Harris won the debate, but will it matter?

John H. Haas   |  September 11, 2024

That’s the question.

Trump, tariffs, and daycare

John H. Haas   |  September 11, 2024

Donald Trump’s appearance at the Economic Club of New York has been getting a lot of attention. The Washington Post reports: Former president Donald Trump gave a confusing answer Thursday when asked about making child care more affordable, suggesting the […]

Harris-Nixon 2024?

John H. Haas   |  August 20, 2024

What has Kamala Harris to do with Richard Nixon? Hint: it has to do with grocery prices.

FORUM: Fiftieth Anniversary of Nixon’s Resignation, Day One

John H. Haas, Steve Goodson and Daniel K. Williams   |  August 5, 2024

Reflections on long-tangled webs

Calley, Thompson, and remembering My Lai

John H. Haas   |  July 31, 2024

We learned yesterday–at the end of July–that Lt. William Calley, aged 80, died back in April.

Questions and presidents

John H. Haas   |  July 9, 2024

Questions around William McKinley’s inauguration offer useful parallels for the present.

A Primer on Peace

John H. Haas   |  July 3, 2024

Give plain speech a chance

Gerontocracy

John H. Haas   |  June 28, 2024

We’re in uncharted territory.

“Popular information”

John H. Haas   |  June 13, 2024

An alleged Christian Nationalist training program for Florida public school teachers may be a nothing-burger after all.

Without fear or favor: the D.A. who convicted a president

John H. Haas   |  June 3, 2024

The story of the D.A. who secured President Trump’s recent conviction is worth examining in more detail.

Farmer’s Wife Magazine on Memorial Day

John H. Haas   |  May 27, 2024

In 1921 the editors of The Farmer’s Wife Magazine meditated on the evolution of Decoration Day from solely focused on remembering the sacrifices of Union soldiers in the Civil War, to encompassing those of the South, and then by the […]

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