What is happening in Evangelical land? French evangelicals fight for the human dignity of children. Evangelical boomers and the legacy they have left behind. Florida’s Latino Evangelicals and politicized Christianity. The National Association of Evangelicals president on how to fix […]
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The fight for Speaker of the House continues
Six ballots and still no Speaker of the House. The House is on break until 8:00pm. The hard-right, anti-McCarthy wing has stayed unified today. CNN is reporting that McCarthy is now meeting with some members of the hard-right group in […]
“My offer is nothing”
As we reported yesterday, Kevin McCarthy gave massive concessions to the right-wing of his party. One of those concessions was a rule change that would allow five members of the House to offer a resolution to remove the speaker. This […]
Donald Trump Jr. is hawking a Bible
Act quickly. I imagine these “We the People” Bibles will sell out faster than the Trump digital trading cards and the Trump-King Cyrus prayer coins. 😉 Here is Donald Jr.: For $69.99 you can buy a King James Version of […]
Evangelical roundup: Damar Hamlin and Speaker of the House edition
Here is what evangelical Christians are saying about Buffalo Bills player Damar Hamlin and the drama that took place today in the House of Representatives: On Hamlin: This is becoming a popular position on the MAGA-loving Christian Right: Lance Wallnau: […]
The enemy of my enemy is my friend
In November 2021, Arizona representative Paul Gosar was censured and stripped of his committee assignments in the House for posting an anime video that showed him killing New York representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. He did not apologize: Here was Ocasio-Cortez’s response: […]
How will the GOP investigate Hunter’s laptop if they can’t even pick a Speaker of the House?
If you haven’t followed this today, get up to speed here. If the GOP members of the House can’t pick a Speaker, how will they advance their agenda? How will they investigate Hunter Biden’s laptop? How will they impeach Joe […]
1923 was the last time a vote for Speaker of the House went more than one ballot
The House of Representatives just adjourned for the day. It did not choose a speaker. Hakeem Jeffries won on the first ballot. Jeffries also won on the second ballot and third ballot. Nineteen right-wing Republicans voted against McCarthy on the […]
David French joins The New York Times
The Dispatch and Atlantic writer, known for a conservativism that celebrates pluralism and rejects Trumpism, will be a regular columnist at The New York Times. Here is the press release: Writing about politics and current affairs in the era of […]
History in crisis
Historian Jon Lauck‘s editorial at Middle West Review has been making the rounds on social media. The piece is behind a paywall, but here are the first couple of paragraphs: You can see it in the empty chairs. History conferences […]
Evangelical roundup for January 2, 2023
What is happening in Evangelical Land? HAPPY NEW YEAR! An evangelical pastor writes about his congregation’s views on immigration. Global evangelicals meet to discuss theological education. A leading Swiss evangelical on religion and politics. Tony Campolo at 87: What is […]
Sunday night odds and ends
A few things online that caught my attention this week: When did humans arrive in the Americas? Michael Roth reviews Costica Bradatan, In Praise of Failure: Four Lessons in Humility Tattoos in 16th-century Roanoke On historians who weigh-in on political […]
Current‘s most read features in 2022
Thanks to all of you who read Current features in 2022. Editor Eric Miller and his team did a wonderful job recruiting high-quality writers who wrote thought provoking essays. And there is more to come in 2023! Here are the […]
Happy New Year from The Way of Improvement Leads Home
Thanks for reading The Way of Improvement Leads blog home this year. I know some of my longtime readers were concerned about the blog moving to Current back in April 2021. For thirteen years all of my posts were open […]
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:
“The Beautiful Game”
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Should Princeton University remove its statue of former College of New Jersey president John Witherspoon?
I’ve spent a little time studying Princeton University’s history over the years. My first book was on a Witherspoon student who studied at Princeton (then the College of New Jersey) between 1770 and 1772. My second book covered Witherspoon’s role […]
Evangelical roundup for December 29, 2022
What is happening in Evangelical Land? Argentinian evangelicals meet with their nation’s president. Two Florida Christian college presidents on the “Dreamers”. Evangelical organizations endorse the bipartisan Law Enforcement De-escalation Training Act. Jim Wallis offers an alternative Trump trading card: Lecrae’s […]
Newspapers and democracy
Click the link to Nancy Gibbs’s piece at The Washington Post and spend some time with the interactive map on the declining state of the American newspaper. Here is a taste of the piece: If you’re a Democrat hoping to […]
“A pair of ancient mariners with a TV contract, condemned to tell their tale to everyone they meet”Â
This is how Marina Hyde of The Guardian described Meghan and Harry, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, who have made millions on their story. Over at Politico, writer Joanna Weiss describes 2022 as “the year we all finally got […]