He was the keynote speaker at Charlie Kirk’s Trumpfest. Here is what I “learned”: Here are some live comments on the Right Side Broadcasting Network stream of Trump’s speech:
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:
Kid Gloves
If the 1619 Project is bad history why won’t more historians say so?
How you can support our work at Current
We often think about Current as a “little magazine.” In a piece on the tenth anniversary (1976) of the magazine Salmagundi, cultural critic Christopher Lasch (whose daughter Elisabeth Lasch-Quinn is a Current contributing editor) wrote: The so-called little magazine, which addresses neither the mass market nor an […]
Evangelical roundup for July 13, 2023
What is happening in Evangelical land? Evangelical presidental candidates are coming to Iowa. Pentecostals A veteran United Methodist pastor on the state of evangelical Christianity. Evangelical women who support the mothers of LGBTQ kids. An Alabama megachurch opens a “pastoral […]
This pastor won’t let his wife read unless he approves of her reading material
I’ve heard about this kind of extreme complementarianism, but I don’t think I’ve ever witnessed it quite like this. Joel Webbon of Right Response Ministries appears to embrace some mix of Seven Mountain Dominionism, theonomism, and Christian Recontructionism. He is […]
Is West Virginia Senator Joe Manchin running for president?
If Manchin runs as a third-party candidate there is a good chance that Donald Trump or another Republican will be the next president. Here is John Wagner at The Washington Post: Sen. Joe Manchin III (D-W.Va.) plans to headline an […]
The International African American Museum opens in Charleston
Here is Holland Cotter at The New York Times: In Charleston Harbor, where the initiating shots of the Civil War were fired — Fort Sumter is distantly visible — I’m on the site of a former shipping pier known as Gadsden’s […]
There is a good chance Trump will lose Iowa in January 2024
On Friday,July 14th the GOP candidates for president will get a chance to speak to Iowa evangelicals. Bob Vander Plaats, the most powerful Christian Right activist in the Hawkeye State, is sponsoring the event. Tucker Carlson is hosting it. Fox […]
I can’t stop staring at this image
Some context here and here. I am sure there is something smart to be said here about how this ship is representative of the current state of American culture and consumer capitalism, but right now I am just staring.
On the “human nature” argument against socialism
Opponents of socialism argue that socialism will never work because human beings are selfish and will always look after their own interests above the economic interest of others. In other words, an altruistic and cooperative society is impossible due to […]
The New York Times closes its sports department
I grew-up in the New York metropolitan area and I have been a fan of New York sports for over fifty years. But I honestly cannot remember ever reading the New York Times sports page in print. I preferred the […]
Presidential candidates love Animal House
Why do candidates keep campaigning at the famous movie frat house on the campus of Dartmouth University? Here is Sam Stein at Politico: There are a number of spots on the campus of Dartmouth College that would serve as bucolic […]
A “Latino gay man” who is also a pathological liar invokes Rosa Parks
George Santos compares himself to Rosa Parks: This not only shows that Santos has no clue about American history or how to use the past in the present, but it is also the worst form of identity politics. Reminds me […]
DeSantis’s anti-LGBTQ ad is hateful and strange. It is also politically smart and savvy
Fasten your seat belt. Here it the ad: Here is conservative New York Times columnist Brett Stephens on the DeSantis ad: “I guess my main takeaway is that DeSantis isn’t going to be the next president. He makes Trump seem […]
Evangelical roundup for July 10, 2023
What is happening in Evangelical land? Church of England evangelicals continue to oppose same-sex blessings. David French on humility and Christian politics. Are evangelicals becoming less Southern Baptist? A Christian contemporary music duo is taking heat for appearing with musicians […]
Sunday night odds and ends
A few things online that caught my attention this week: David French on MAGA America Richard Price: 18th-century dissenter Ornamental hermits The Yankee peddler A defense of the Cornel West presidential candidacy Culture wars, bipartisanship, and our understanding of the […]
Are historians attacking the right without asking about the left?
Johann Neem, professor of history at Western Washington University and the editor of the Journal of the Early Republic, thinks so. And he is absolutely right Here is a taste of his review of Kevin Kruse’s and Julian Zelizer’s edited […]
“What the hell is a Blizzard?”
After a campaign rally in Council Bluffs, Iowa today, Donald Trump stopped by a local Dairy Queen. Here is what happened: I am reminded of the time in February 1992 when President George H.W. Bush visited a Florida supermarket and […]
Hey Josh Hawley, about that Patrick Henry quote…
In case you missed it, on July 4th Josh Hawley, the conservative populist U.S. senator from Missouri, tweeted some words on Twitter that he claimed belonged to Virginia revolutionary Patrick Henry: The problem with Hawley’s tweet is that Patrick Henry […]