Liberty University held its commencement address yesterday. South Carolina Senator and former presidential candidate Tim Scott was the speaker. The Standing for Freedom Center, which serves as the office that advances Liberty’s culture war activities, posted this on X: Earlier […]
Should liberals “punch left”?
Here is a taste of Jonathan Chait’s review of Astra Taylor and Leah Hunt-Hendrix’s Solidarity. The review is titled, “In Defense of Punching Left.” “The role of protest is another division between liberals and leftists. While both see protest as […]
What Michael Smerconish would have said at Dickinson College
The radio and television host pundit posted what he would have said next Sunday at Dickinson’s graduation ceremony. As you may recall, Dickinson canceled his speech. Get up to speed here. Here is a taste of Smerconish’s speech: First, congratulations. […]
What is trending this week at CURRENT?
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What is going on at Grace College?
In June 20, 2017, Grace College and Theological Seminary in Winona Lake, Indiana fired three white employees after they posed for a racially insensitive mock rap album cover. The photo of the “album cover” was posted on Facebook. Read more […]
Evangelical Roundup for May 9, 2024
What is happening in Evangelical land? A Billy Graham statue at the U.S. Capitol. Evangelicals support Dreamers! The National Association of Evangelicals support more humanitarian aid to Gaza: Evangelicals hate Stormy, but love Trump Connections between the Christian Right and […]
Drew Gilpin Faust on commencement speeches
Historian and former Harvard professor Drew Gilpin Faust (check out our podcast interview with her here) has a piece on commencement speeches at The Atlantic. I love the subtitle: “Where everything and nothing is at stake.” Here is a taste: […]
What is going on at Dickinson College?
Michael Smerconish, a political independent who promotes civility and democratic discourse on his Sirius XM radio show and CNN television program, will no longer deliver the 2024 commencement address at Dickinson College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania. Here is Penn Live: Dickinson […]
2024 Pulitzer Prize-winners announced
Here are few of the winners that caught my eye: HISTORY (Winner): Jacqueline Jones, No Right to an Honest Living: The Struggles of Bostonās Black Workers in the Civil War Era. See our Author’s Corner interview with Jacqueline Jones here. […]
Growing Up Italian-American
My great-grandfather was a Mediterranean sheepherder who fell in love and came to America for a better life
I’ll be back next week!
My daughter is getting married this week. See you next Tuesday.
Mike Barnicle, Dan Barry, and Mike Lupica remember Jimmy Breslin
Library of America just sent me a copy of Dan Barry’s edited collection Jimmy Breslin: Essential Writings. I grew-up reading Breslin, the quintessential New York journalist/columnist who used his succinct prose to tell stories of people living on the periphery […]
Evangelical roundup for April 29, 2024
What is happening in Evangelical Land? How evangelicals turned Mike Johnson on Ukraine aid? Jim Wallis’s “false white gospel“ What will evangelicals do about the Trump-Lake flip-flops on abortion? Shane is selling more shirts: Conservative evangelicals who oppose Christian nationalism […]
Sunday night odds and ends
A few things online that caught my attention this week: Paul Berman excuses the Columbia students, but not the faculty. A new documentary on the work of Robert “Bowling Alone” Putnam. Why isn’t historian Johann Neem a talking head in […]
Song of the Day
Mechanicsburg to Nutley to Roanoke to Grand Rapids, and back to Mechanicsburg
What is trending this week at CURRENT?
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Nikki Haley wins nearly 17% of the vote in the Pennsylvania GOP primary
Nikki Haley is no longer running for the Republican nomination for President of the United States. But that did not stop her from getting 16.5% of the vote in Tuesday’s Pennsylvania primary. In other words, a significant portion of Pennsylvania […]
Evangelical roundup for April 25, 2024
What is happening in Evangelical land? How will the Mike Johnson-Marjorie Taylor Greene breakup affect Trump? The evangelicals who pushed Mike Johnson to push the Ukraine aid bill. And here. World Vision celebrates Earth Day: Evangelicals gather in Krakow, Poland. […]
Mark Meadows, Rudy Giuliani, John Eastman, and Jenna Ellis face more indictments
This time it’s interference in the 2020 presidential election in Arizona: Here is Yvonne Wingett Sanchez at The Washington Post: An Arizona grand jury on Wednesday indicted seven attorneys and aides affiliated with Donald Trumpās 2020 presidential campaign as well […]
Historian Christopher Brown is not the only one calling for the resignation of Columbia University president Minouche Shafik
Earlier today we called your attention to Columbia University history professor Christopher Brown’s call for the resignation of president Minouche Shafik. He is not alone. Speaker of the House Mike Johnson is also calling for Shafik’s resignation, albeit for very […]