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John Fea

John Fea is Executive Editor of CURRENT and the author of The Way of Improvement Leads Home blog.

Let’s talk about climate change

John Fea   |  May 29, 2024

Katherine Hayhoe is Paul Whitfield Horn Distinguished Professor and the Political Science Endowed Chair of Public Policy and Public Law at Texas Tech University. (Wow, that’s a long title!) She is an evangelical Christian (her husband pastors an evangelical congregation […]

Vice-President Rubio?

John Fea   |  May 29, 2024

Will it be an all-Florida GOP ticket in November? Florida senator “Little Marco” Rubio wants to part of the ticket, but he doesn’t want to lobby for it. Here is Michael Bender and Patricia Mazzei at The New York Times: […]

Have we lost our moorings as a society?

John Fea   |  May 29, 2024

New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman thinks so, and he makes some pretty good points. Here is a taste of his column, “How We’ve Lost Our Moorings as a Society“: …Almost 30 years ago I visited the Atlantic Forest in Brazil with […]

Ty Cobb hit .367, but Josh Gibson hit .372

John Fea   |  May 29, 2024

Here is the Associated Press: Josh Gibson became Major League Baseball’s career leader with a .372 batting average, surpassing Ty Cobb’s .367, when Negro Leagues records for more than 2,300 players were incorporated Tuesday after a three-year research project. Gibson’s […]

Ken Burns at Brandeis

John Fea   |  May 29, 2024

Documentary film maker Ken Burns recently delivered the commencement address to the graduating class of Brandeis University. Read it here. Or watch it here: Here is a taste of Karen Tumulty’s piece at The Washington Post: Burns offered some elegantly […]

Talking evangelicalism and race with Edward Carson

John Fea   |  May 29, 2024

It’s not often I get to talk with a Black ex-evangelical who is a history teacher, DEI specialist, and member of the Communist Party USA. I thoroughly enjoyed this conversation with Eddie Carson on WJOP radio (Newburyport, Massachusetts). We talk […]

Bill Walton on the Clippers

John Fea   |  May 28, 2024

From Bill Walton’s Los Angeles Clipper days:

“I’m trying to figure out what gym we’re in here”

John Fea   |  May 28, 2024

Classic Bill Walton. RIP.

On the narcissism of Trump’s Memorial Day remarks

John Fea   |  May 28, 2024

In case you missed it, yesterday Trump wished everyone a happy Memorial Day: Memorial Day is a day we remember those who fought and died for our country. It is a day for historical thinking–a day for connecting with those […]

“How is it…that work became culturally ascendant, and the pursuit of a career achieved a kind of centrality in the American psyche?”

John Fea   |  May 28, 2024

It is strange to ask people, upon first meeting them, about their religion, political views, or leisure activities. But it is perfectly acceptable to ask them about their work. Over at Inside Higher Ed, historian Steven Mintz asks: Why do […]

This is the guy running for governor of North Carolina

John Fea   |  May 28, 2024

Here is David Graham at The Atlantic: A decade ago, Mark Robinson had a dead-end job and a nasty habit of posting anti-Semitic, homophobic, and sexist screeds on Facebook. Today he is North Carolina’s lieutenant governor. This November, he could […]

Song of the day

John Fea   |  May 28, 2024

Bill Walton roundup

John Fea   |  May 27, 2024

The tributes are pouring in. RIP. Kareem: On John Wooden: ESPN radio host Chris Carlin: Rick Carlisle: Taking his Celtics teammates to a Grateful Dead show: Activist: Wooden: Nancy Pelosi: On Liberty University: More Wooden: On grizzly bears: Roxy Bernstein: […]

Donald Trump wishes us all a happy Memorial Day

John Fea   |  May 27, 2024

Bill Walton: RIP

John Fea   |  May 27, 2024

This is such sad news. As a young basketball player I tried to model my game after two players: Bill Walton and Kevin McHale. When I was younger I used to stay up late to watch PAC-10 games just to […]

K-12 history teachers: Stop asking your students if slavery was bad

John Fea   |  May 27, 2024

OK, I am sure the title of this post is going to raise some eyebrows. But I recently came across a 2023 piece on “inquiry-based learning” from three researchers–Whitney Barringer, Lauren Brand, and Nicholas Krycza– at the American Historical Association. […]

Sunday night odds and ends

John Fea   |  May 26, 2024

A few things online that caught my attention this week: Prophecy and the death of Anne Boleyn Pennsylvania and potato chips Elizabeth Clare Prophet was a prophet What do editors do? Misappropriating “puritan” Chris Klimek reviews Steven Hyden’s There Was […]

Bono for mayor of Dublin?

John Fea   |  May 26, 2024

Over at Zocalo Public Square, Joe Mathews tries to convince Bono to run for local office. Here is a taste: Dear Bono, Now that U2’s residency at the Sphere in Vegas has successfully concluded, it’s time for you to get […]

“At the end of the day, who we are is who we were”

John Fea   |  May 26, 2024

Here is a short snippet of historian Allen Guelzo’s interview with Jonah Goldberg on The Remnant Podcast: Watch the entire interview here.

What is going on at Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello?

John Fea   |  May 26, 2024

In January, Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Annette Gordon-Reed resigned from the board of Monticello, the historic home of Thomas Jefferson. Here is a taste of Jason Armesto’s January 2, 2024 piece at The Daily Progress: It is not clear why Gordon-Reed, […]

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