Today at The Washington Post, Meena Venkataramanan has a piece on a letter the January 6th “Stop the Steal” protesters sent to the Folger Shakespeare Library. This is wild. Here is a taste: While insurrectionists were plotting to storm the […]
Historian Edward Ayers on “The Era of the New Nation”
What should we call the decades of American history between 1800 and 1860? Edward Ayers proposes “The Era of the New Nation.” He and his wife Abby have been traveling the country exploring the way we commemorate these decades. He […]
Nancy Mace’s endorsement of Trump is “more hypocritical than it seems”
Last night we called your attention to South Carolina congresswoman Nancy Mace’s endorsement of Donald Trump. Over at The New Republic, Tori Otten writes, “You won’t believe the grossest part of Nancy Mace’s Trump endorsement.” Here is a taste: Republican […]
Three cheers for the University of Maryland
Emily Davies has a great article at The Washington Post about the University of Maryland’s practice of sending members of its marching band to inform select students that they have been accepted to the university. Davies tells the story of […]
Nikki Haley takes an early lead in New Hampshire primary
She is leading 6-0, thanks to Dixville Notch. Here is the Associated Press: The six registered voters of tiny Dixville Notch in New Hampshire all cast their ballots for Nikki Haley at midnight on Tuesday, giving her a clean sweep over former […]
Nancy Mace: Trump must be “held accountable” for January 6, 2021. Oh, and by the way, I endorse him.
When South Carolina congresswoman Nancy Mace is not talking about her sex life at a prayer breakfast, she is endorsing Donald Trump. Here is Mace shortly after January 6, 2021: Here is ABC News: Donald Trump has picked up another […]
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Polls: Trump still leads in New Hampshire GOP primary race
Washington Post-Monmouth University poll: Trump: 52%. Haley 34%, DeSantis 8%. CNN poll: Trump 50%. Haley 39%. DeSantis 6%. DeSantis dropped out of the race yesterday, after these polls were conducted. Politicos are saying that most of DeSantis’s votes will go […]
Evangelical roundup for January 22, 2024
What is happening in Evangelical land? Sarah McCammon of NPR, a former evangelical herself, on evangelical support for Trump. An evangelical pastor in Kansas calls on Christians to lead the way on immigration reform. Daniel Bennett reviews Tim Alberta’s The […]
Sunday night odds and ends
A few things online that caught my attention this week: Rom Brownstein on Nikki Haley’s chances. The “Christian Bubble” Why do all coffee shops look the same? Anne Lamont on aging Samuel Goldman reviews Wilson Carey McWilliams, The Idea of […]
GOP: The “party of malice”
Here is Peter Wehner at The Atlantic: As soon as former South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley emerged as the main threat to Donald Trump in the battle for the Republican nomination, it became inevitable that she would be targeted by […]
Steve Garvey for U.S. Senate?
I respected Steve Garvey as a baseball player, but I rarely, if ever, cheered for him. I was no fan of those 1970s and early 1980s Dodger teams that included the likes of Davey Lopes, Ron “The Penguin” Cey, Bill […]
And then there were two. Ron DeSantis is out. He endorses Trump.
Ron DeSantis and Donald Trump were running neck and neck in the polls. In a few polls, DeSantis was leading. Then DeSantis started his campaign for president and it’s been downhill ever since. Today, the Florida governor dropped out of […]
It is pretty common now for evangelical politicians to endorse Trump, but Tim Scott’s interview on CNN this morning was still hard to watch
I just watched CNN’s Dana Bash interview South Carolina U.S. senator and former presidential candidate Tim Scott about his recent endorsement of Donald Trump for president. It was really hard to watch. Here are some clips: Scott, an evangelical Christian, […]
What Nikki Haley gets right and what she gets wrong about slavery and race in America
My message to Nikki Haley’s staff: Please hire a historian. First there was this: Just to be clear, the Civil War was about slavery. We addressed this here. Then there was this: And then there was last night’s CNN town […]
South Carolina senator Tim Scott will endorse Trump
In 2012, South Carolina governor Nikki Haley needed to appoint a U.S. senator after Jim DeMint retired from the senate to become president of the Heritage Foundation. Haley chose a second term U.S. congressman named Tim Scott to finish the […]
What Christian universities prioritize
One might a expect a Christian university to prioritize (not merely have, but prioritize) things like: I am sure you could add more to this list. I should also add that a lot of Christian colleges are doing this well […]
What is popular 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:
Where Have You Gone, Chris Christie?
I will miss his voice in this presidential campaign
Tony Evans, Franklin Graham, and other evangelical ministry leaders make A LOT of money.
There is a LOT of money to be made in preaching the prosperity gospel, advancing Christian Right agendas, and prophesying the election of Donald Trump. In case you missed it, Ministry Watch released its list of “highly paid ministry executives” […]