A follow-up to this story. Sometimes you need to apologize to save your political life. Let’s see if she will apologize to the pregnant woman who asked her to stop vaping.
75% of Americans side with the United Auto Workers. Why aren’t more Americans in the streets as a show of support?
When the George Floyd was killed, Americans took the streets in protest. When Donald Trump was elected president, the #MeToo movement took the streets in protest. Why don’t we see similar uprisings in support of working class Americans fighting for […]
What’s going on at Charlie Kirk’s MAGA pastorfest?
MAGA pastors are in San Diego this weekend as part of Charlie Kirk’s Turning Point Faith event. Get up to speed here. Here’s what has happened so far: Let’s begin with Charlie Kirk. He is suggesting that evangelicals missed out […]
The National Book Award announces its longlist of finalists
History is well represented in the non-fiction category: Ned Blackhawk, The Rediscovery of America: Native Peoples and the Unmaking of U.S. HistoryYale University Press Jonathan Eig, King: A LifeFarrar, Straus and Giroux / Macmillan Publishers Viet Thanh Nguyen, A Man of Two Faces: […]
Romney announces he will not run in 2024. What does this mean for Senate centrists?
Former GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney will step away from his U.S. Senate seat after his term is over in January 2025. He will not seek re-election in 2024. Over at Politico, Burgess Everett asks what Romney’s departure, and the […]
Did God “call” Lauren Boebert to this?
Congresswoman Lauren Boebert and her boyfriend were thrown out of a Denver theater this week. There was vaping, groping, and just general obnoxiousness. Learn more here. Or just watch: And here is Lauren flipping the bird to the theater employees: […]
When it comes to transgender athletes in women’s sports, don’t mess with Oberlin College
I’ve tried to look at all sides of this question, I really have. I’ve talked to both of my daughters–one of whom was an NCAA Division III athlete who played on a national championship volleyball team and the other who […]
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:
Wheaton College study on race: “We cannot be healed and cannot be reconciled unless and until we repent”
A Wheaton College task force has released a 122-page historical report on race relations at the evangelical institution. Read it here. Here is Daniel Silliman and Kate Shellnut at Christianity Today: Though the flagship evangelical institution was founded by abolitionists, […]
Are liberals ignoring the value of two-parent families?
In his column this week at The New York Times, Nicholas Kristof suggests that liberals need to talk about the value of two-parent families. Here is a taste: American liberals have led the campaign to reduce child poverty since Franklin […]
Eric Metaxas prepares pastors for a holy war
Metaxas spoke last night at Charlie Kirk’s Turning Point Faith event and issued a call for pastors to engage in a holy war: I am reminded of Russel Moore’s recent piece at Christianity Today: “Culture War is Not Spiritual Warfare.”
Evangelical roundup for September 14, 2023
What is happening in Evangelical land? Evangelicals talk to the dead. Is “Christian Right” an oxymoron? An evangelical higher education “hole” in New York City. Evangelicals against the death penalty in Florida. Russell Moore: “Culture war is not spiritual warfare.” […]
The real meaning of Kevin McCarthy’s impeachment inquiry against Biden
I’ll let Russell Berman explain. Here is a taste of his piece at The Atlantic: As Kevin McCarthy made his televised declaration earlier today that House Republicans were launching an impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden, the House speaker stood outside his […]
Bayard Rustin and the politics of class
Civil rights activist Bayard Rustin was a complicated guy. Perhaps that’s why I find myself drawn to him and his work. Today The New York Times is running a piece on Rustin by writer James Kirchick. Kirchick is the author […]
On becoming a perpetual student
I always enjoy reading Wesleyan College president Michael Roth‘s reflections on liberal arts education. In his recent piece at The New York Times, he reminds us that learning and freedom are always connected, regardless of age. Here is a taste: […]
Ross Douthat: A Christian conservative who lives among liberals and writes for them
Here is Isaac Chotiner at The New Yorker: “Douthat is highly skilled at addressing liberal Times readers in a manner that makes clear he is not one of them, without allowing them to think that he actually holds views—about Donald Trump, say, […]
White supremacists converge on Eastern Nazarene College
Last month I called your attention to a migrant shelter hosted by Eastern Nazarene College, a Christian college in Quincy, Massachusetts. You can read “Eastern Nazarene College: An Evangelical School Doing Evangelical Things” here. Here is the latest from The […]
Trump court evangelicals, prophets, and pseudo-historians will gather with Charlie Kirk in San Diego this week to train pastors
This week over 1,000 Christian pastors will converge on San Diego for the Turning Point USA “Pastors Summit.” According to the event website, this event will highlight “the need for pastors and their congregations to stand for truth and no […]
Evangelical roundup for September 11, 2023
What is happening in Evangelical land? Mylon Lefevre, RIP A Houston megachurch pastor opposes buoys at the border. French evangelicals are more concerned about climate change than the rest of the country. An Iowa evangelical church’s food pantry is open. […]
Song of the Day
Remembering our fallen heroes: