I wish Sam Alito would just keep his mouth shut and do his job. Every time he speaks publicly he proves that the Supreme Court is just another political institution. This, it seems, was what John Roberts was worried about […]
Way of Improvement
Doug Mastriano’s connection with Gab
What is Gab? It is a right-wing platform used by right-wing extremists. Consider: The shooter in the October 2018 shooting at a Pittsburgh synagogue used Gab to announce his murder of 11 people. In 2020, Gab hosted the accounts of […]
The Author’s Corner with Rebecca Sharpless
Rebecca Sharpless is Professor of History at Texas Christian University. This interview is based on her new book, Grain and Fire: A History of Baking in the American South (University of North Carolina Press, 2022). JF: What led you to […]
What is popular this week at Current?
Here are the most popular features of the week at Current: John Fea, “A Savior Will Arise from Gettysburg and His Name Shall Be Mastriano“ Elissa Yukiko Weichbrodt, “Seeing Bathsheba“ Christina Bieber Lake, “Stranger Things: Not So Strange at All“ John […]
Ronald Sider, 1939-2022
I just wrote about him today. I am going to need some time to process this before I write anything further. Sider was one of my lodestars. Here is Daniel Silliman at Christianity Today: Ronald J. Sider, organizer of the […]
The Author’s Corner with Andrea McDowell
Andrea McDowell is Professor of Law at Seton Hall University School of Law. This interview is based on her new book, We the Miners: Self-Government in the California Gold Rush (Harvard University Press, 2022). JF: What led you to write […]
Song of the Day
She got tickets once to Springsteen and she didn’t go
So Hope Dunbar wrote a song about it:
“Postcards from Babylon”
During the pandemic I participated in this movie. It is now available, at least for the moment, for free. It is worth your time:
Evangelical roundup for July 28, 2022
What is happening in Evangelical land? Evangelicals on the rise in the Dominican Republic. Michael Wear on abortion politics. Doug Koopman is the new director of the American Studies Program of the Council for Christian Colleges & Universities. Russell Moore […]
Who is Michael Peroutka?
He is running for Maryland Attorney General. He also ran for president in 2004 on the Constitution Party ticket. We covered his presidential run in Episode 37 of “A History of Evangelicals and Politics.” The title of this episode is […]
Facing Nolan
This documentary is a must see for any baseball fan:
Song of the Day
This is what the Big Lie looks like on the ground in Arizona
CNN’s Donie O’Sullivan interviews attendees at Trump and Pence events:
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette columnist Tony Norman slams Springsteen and Ticketmaster
Over the weekend I lamented the possibility that I might not be able to see Springsteen on his upcoming tour. Tony Norman, an opinion writer at the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette and a Current contributor, has my back and the backs of […]
Trump’s solution to homelessness: Relocate them and let them live in “high quality tents”
The former president gave a “policy” speech yesterday to his America First Policy Institute. Here is how he wants to “solve” the problem of homelessness in America: And here I thought that Trump was not a “big tent” Republican. 🙂 […]
Should Catholics promote democracy?
This is the title of a Commonweal podcast with Catholic historian and University of Notre Dame provost John McGreevy. A summary: For most of its history, the Catholic Church clung to a deep skepticism concerning the legitimacy of democracy. But […]
More on Jim Harbaugh’s pro-life views
Last week we did a post on the University of Michigan football coach’s speech at a pro-life event sponsored by Michigan Catholics. In the days since that speech, Harbaugh has elaborated on his pro-life views. Here is ESPN: Michigan football coach […]
The Author’s Corner with Davis Houck
Davis Houck is Fannie Lou Hamer Professor of Rhetorical Studies at Florida State University. This interview is based on his new book, Black Bodies in the River: Searching for Freedom Summer (University Press of Mississippi, 2022). JF: What led you […]
The U.S. Justice Department is investigating Donald Trump
The Washington Post broke the story tonight: The Justice Department is investigating President Donald Trump’s actions as part of its criminal probe of efforts to overturn the 2020 election results, according to four people familiar with the matter. Prosecutors who […]