Here Beauchamp at VOX: You may have heard of Shai Davidai, the Israeli professor at Columbia University who has launched a crusade against the school’s pro-Palestinian protestors. He’s rocketed to fame by calling students terrorists, comparing himself to Jewish victims of Nazi Germany, and demanding the […]
What is trending this week at CURRENT?
Here are the most popular features of the week at Current: Here are the most popular posts of the last week at The Way of Improvement Leads Home blog: Here are the most popular posts of the last week at The Arena blog:
According to the standards of Christian nationalist Rick Green, Donald Trump is not qualified to be president
You really can’t make this stuff up. Rick Green is the founder of something called the Patriot Academy. He is also the host of David and Tim Barton’s radio show, Wallbuilders Live. Green believes he knows something about presidential character. […]
A pathological liar is in the courtroom today. So is Michael Cohen.
Today Donald Trump hush-money case continues. A pathological liar is in the courtroom today. So is Michael Cohen. Does anyone see the irony of Trump’s lawyers, the people defending one of the most mendacious politicians in American history, trying to […]
The “red tie entourage” comes to New York City to show their loyalty to Trump
They came to support Trump. They came to show the former president that they are vice-presidential material. They came to show that they could dress like the Donald. They took time out of their day–some of them were elected members […]
Evangelical roundup for May 16, 2024
What is happening in Evangelical land? Evangelicals prefer to be defined religiously, not politically. Two Christian Right representatives support aid to both Israel and Ukraine. World Relief celebrates International Families Day: The National Association of Evangelicals champions creation care: Are […]
Trump can say whatever he wants about his “crowds,” but don’t come to New Jersey and make false claims about Springsteen!
Here is the Asbury Park Press: There he goes again. Former President Donald Trump once again compared crowd sizes with Jersey native Bruce Springsteen at his May 11 campaign rally in Wildwood. “I love these Saturday evenings. Is there anything […]
Mike Johnson knows about Donald Trump, yet he still showed-up at his trial to defend him
Speaker of the House Mike Johnson knows what we all know about Donald Trump: And I could go on. I know how many Trump evangelicals will respond to these claims. They will say something like, “I am voting for a […]
Nikki Haley is still racking-up GOP votes in presidential primaries
Yes, the GOP is still holding presidential primaries. And, as Steven Shepard and Madison Fernandez write at Politico, Nikki Haley is still getting chunks of votes. Trump, of course, has already secured enough delegates to win the nomination, but the […]
The Presbyterian Church in America disinvites David French
Today The Arena blog at Current ran a piece by Marvin Olasky defending the Presbyterian Church in America’s decision to invite New York Times columnist David French to speak on a plenary panel at its upcoming General Assembly meeting in […]
Pittsburgh and the Great Migration
Over at Black Perspectives, historian Adam Lee Cilli introduces us to “Migrant Voices,” a website collecting oral history interviews of African Americans who migrated from the rural South to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania between 1915 and 1930. It is an amazing resource. […]
Birkin bags and Ferraris: Elizabeth Stice rethinks our efforts to sell the liberal arts
Here is historian and Current writer Elizabeth Stice at The Front Porth Republic: If we believe that the liberal arts are great, we should act like it. A first step would be to stop trying to sell them as if […]
George Conway: “The New York case cuts to the core of who Trump is”
GOP lawyer George Conway thought Trump’s New York City hush money trial was a distraction. He has changed his mind. Here is a taste of his piece today at The Atlantic: The truth is, I’ve come around to the view […]
The Wide Awakes
Over at The Washington Post, Jon Grinspan, curator of political history at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History, introduces us to a group of “torchlit young marchers” who “helped save American democracy” during the Civil War era. Here is […]
Song of the Day
Frank Sinatra makes his 1973 comeback and Paul Anka delivers with this:
Why I love baseball!
Alternative title of this post: “Why I am having a hard time concentrating on my work this morning.” The New York Mets lost the first two games of a weekend series against the Atlanta Braves. On Saturday night, in game […]
What is “progressive capitalism”?
Nobel prize-winning Columbia University economist Joseph Stiglitz lays it out in today’s Washington Post. Here is a taste: Champions of the neoliberal order, moreover, too often fail to recognize that one person’s freedom is another’s unfreedom — or, as Isaiah […]
Donald Trump’s Wildwood, New Jersey rally was characterized by vulgarity, personal attacks, and even a pro-Hannibal Lecter reference. His evangelical supporters are silent.
My Italian grandparents spent a week or two in Wildwood, New Jersey for decades. They drove three hours down the Garden State Parkway to this honky-tonk shore town because they enjoyed sitting on the beach, walking the boardwalk, and spending […]
Evangelical roundup for May 13, 2024
What is happening in Evangelical Land? French evangelicals respond to Macron’s proposed euthanasia law. Roger Olsen addresses the Mark Driscoll-male stripper-Jezebel-men’s conference affair. World Vision is responding to the Brazilian flooding: The Spanish evangelical party seeks a seat in the […]
Sunday night odds and ends
A few things online that caught my attention this week: Left burnout Pamela Paul on Glenn Loury. John McMillan on Loury here. What is “diversity”? Dad jokes “Democracy Refreshed“ A “post-religious right?” “…too educated to return to his life as […]