Yes. And it looks like they will. Last night the major networks called the Arizona senate race for Mark Kelly. At this moment, the Democrats and the Republicans each hold 49 seats in the U.S. Senate. Two seats have yet […]
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How Trump “sabotaged” the GOP
John Podhoretz is a conservative columnist who edits Commentary magazine and writes a columnist for the New York Post. He was a speechwriter for Ronald Reagan and George W. Bush. Here is a taste of his recent column at the […]
A socialist reminds Charlie Kirk that Joe Biden is not a socialist
The MAGA right, including right-wing pundit Charlie Kirk (he’ll be at an evangelical megachurch near you this weekend) is fond of saying that Joe Biden is bringing socialism to the United States. This is laughable. Ben Burgis of Jacobin is […]
Zakaria: The GOP is “not filled with authoritarians.” It’s “filled with cowards”
Fareed Zakaria believes the midterms were about two things: abortion and Trump. Here is a taste of his column at The Washington Post: So, what was the vote about (or, rather, against)? It’s difficult to be sure, because exit polls […]
Lunchtime in Italy
Over at Boston Review, Jonathan Levy writes; “Lunchtime in Italy is not only about what to eat for lunch. It is also about time.” The lunchtime tradition, he adds, “allows private and public life to meet, maintaining a baseline of […]
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:
Mean evangelicals
Here is Kelsey Dallas at Deseret News: As a prominent religion scholar and practicing Christian, Richard Mouw is often asked to explain people of faith’s behavior in the public square. More specifically, he is asked why his fellow evangelicals seem […]
Bono: The United States is “the greatest song the world has not yet heard”
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Today’s New York Post on Trump
The Author’s Corner with Christen Mucher
Christen Mucher is Associate Professor of American Studies at Smith College. This interview is based on her new book, Before American History: Nationalist Mythmaking and Indigenous Dispossession (University of Virginia Press, 2022). JF: What led you to write Before American […]
Evangelical roundup for November 10, 2022: Midterm election edition
How is Evangelical land responding to the 2022 Midterm Elections? 88% of Georgia evangelicals voted for Herschel Walker. 81% of Wisconsin evangelicals voted for Ron Johnson. Jim Wallis working as a polling chaplain: Christianity Today: “Republicans Win on Inflation but […]
Is this a Mastriano concession?
The GOP candidate for governor has yet to concede the election to Josh Shapiro. He posted this to Facebook about an hour ago: Many of his followers are interpreting this picture as a kind of concession: —Republican National Hispanic Assembly […]
In a wild conversation, Michelle Bachman and Eric Metaxas claim elections were stolen yesterday
The conspiracy continues! In this interview, Metaxas says that after last night’s election it is time for Christians to think more deeply about the “biblical view of stealing.” Michelle Bachmann, the former congresswoman and presidential candidate who now serves as […]
It looks like clergy will be able run for office in Tennessee. Slavery is out of the Vermont constitution. And the rest of our election night coverage.
Here are some of our tweets from last night: Very early in the night Lance Wallnau, the self-described prophet, sensed election fraud in Pennsylvania and Georgia: Meanwhile, Charlie Kirk, the MAGA pundit, was keeping everyone relaxed: Trump got into the […]
Ohio Senate candidate Tim Ryan: “I have the privilege to concede this election to J.D. Vance”
He lost to Vance, but in the process he showed how democracy works. Thanks Tim Ryan. It’s a shame that we live in a country where Ryan had to say this. Watch:
Why would Mastriano concede the election to Satan?
As I write this at 1:30am ET, Doug Mastriano has yet to concede the election to Mastriano. The election wasn’t close. It will be difficult for Mastriano to make a case for election fraud. As I have already noted, Mastriano […]
Evidence of Doug Mastriano’s extremism from three Pennsylvania counties
As I watched the Pennsylvania gubernatorial race unfold last night, I was focused on three counties: Luzerne, Berks, and my home county of Cumberland. In 2020, Trump won all of these counties. Last night, GOP senatorial candidate Mehmet Oz won […]
Shapiro defeats Mastriano. Here is what Mastriano’s followers are saying
It was never really close. Let’s face it, Mastriano had no chance. It was foolish for the Pennsylvania GOP voters to pick him as his candidate. He is too extreme for Pennsylvania. His candidacy speaks volumes about the state of […]
Fearmongering 101
Trump court evangelical Jim Garlow recently wrote an election piece at Charisma magazine. He says that charismatic Christians (the readers of Charisma) should vote for Democrats if they want: HT: Kyle Mantyla This sounds a lot like what the Federalists […]
A history of the “I Voted” sticker
Are you wearing one today? Here is Rhea Nayyar at HyperAllergic: It’s unclear where the first voting sticker debuted as they’ve been regionally available through local businesses and organizations post-World War II. The Miami Herald mentions the distribution of an […]