I’ll have my eye on several elections and referenda tonight. I am interested to see what happens with abortion in Ohio and I will be voting in the Pennsylvania state Supreme Court race. But I am most intrigued by the […]
Evangelical roundup for November 6, 2023
What is happening in Evangelical land:‘ Jon Ward on leaving the “evangelical bubble.” He is the author of Testimony: Inside the Evangelical Movement That Failed a Generation. Thomas Kidd on the history of evangelical support for Israel. New Trustees at […]
Sunday night odds and ends
A few things online that caught my attention this week: How Robert Moses changed New York and impacted families. Abortion politics in the Kentucky, Mississippi, Louisiana. David French on Mike Johnson and Christian politics. How state legislatures and ideological boards […]
Why do Christian college administrators see “faculty as a political block to be managed at best and a group to be overridden at worst.”
John Hawthorne, a sociologist who was an administrator at multiple Christian colleges, is writing a book titled The Fearless Christian University. Here is a taste of his recent Substack post: “Three Problematic Metaphors in Christian Higher Education“: Looking at Christian […]
A revealing episode of the television drama “The West Wing” is making its rounds on social media:
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New reporting on Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, the Paul Pressler School of Law, and a Southern Baptist college
We have covered Mike Johnson’s connection to the Paul Pressler School of Law here and here. The Washington Post has has taken a deeper dive into this story. Here is Michael Kranish and Isaac Stanley-Becker: On Aug. 15, 2012, Mike […]
Image of the Day: Happy birthday Eugene Debs and Bill Walton!
New York Times poll: Trump leads Biden in Nevada, Georgia, Arizona, Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin
Here is Shane Goldmacher at The New York Times: President Biden is trailing Donald J. Trump in five of the six most important battleground states one year before the 2024 election, suffering from enormous doubts about his age and deep […]
The National Endowment for the Humanities survives another attempt to cut its funding
Yesterday I wrote about how my congressman, Scott Perry (PA-10) tried to cut funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities. Well, it appears that Perry’s attempt failed. Here a message I received today from the National Humanities Alliance: “…the […]
For the record, Robert E. Lee was not a founding father
Watch Rep. Chellie Pingree of Maine explain this to Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia:
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Celebrating John Hope Franklin
If you are unfamiliar with the work of John Hope Franklin, check out our interview with University College, London historian Nick Witham in Episode 120 of The Way of Improvement Leads Home Podcast. We talk about Franklin’s most important work, […]
My congressman, Scott Perry (PA-10), wants to defund the National Endowment for the Humanities
Here is the National Humanities Alliance: Later today, the House of Representatives will consider an amendment to the FY 2024 Interior Appropriations bill that would eliminate funding for the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH). This amendment was proposed by Representative […]
Does Speaker of the House Mike Johnson really believe in religious freedom?
Conservative evangelicals like to talk a lot about religious freedom. When they do address this topic, they are usually talking about their own religious freedom–freedom not to bake a wedding cake, or something like that. I am sure Mike Johnson, […]
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Evangelical roundup for November 2, 2023
What is happening in Evangelical land? Many Latino evangelicals have spoken with dead people. English evangelicals who have a “high view of scripture” and support same-sex relationships. A Palestinian Christian and a Messiah College graduate calls for a ceasefire in […]
Quinnipiac: RFK Jr. gets 22% as an independent in a 3-way presidential race
In the 1992 presidential race Ross Perot, who ran as an independent, got 18.9% of the vote. Perot’s candidacy cost George H.W. Bush a second term as president and got Bill Clinton elected. Today’s national Quinnipiac poll (this polling service […]
Mike Johnson is not the only David Barton fan to be Speaker of the House of Representatives
I was recently talking with a reporter who asked me if Mike Johnson was the first Speaker of the House to embrace the teachings of David Barton. I didn’t know the answer off the top of my head so after […]
Mike Johnson was the dean of the Paul Pressler School of Law
I noted this in my piece last week: “Who is Mike Johnson?” It has now caught the attention of the Associated Press. Here is Brian Slodysjo: Before House Speaker Mike Johnson was elected to public office, he was the dean of a […]