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Zelensky: “This might be the last time you see me alive”

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Here is Barak Ravid at Axios: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky told EU leaders “this might be the last time you see me alive” during a video conference on Thursday night, two European sources briefed on the call tell Axios. State […]

Woke librarians?

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Should librarians be politically neutral? Stanley Kurtz of the Ethics and Public Policy Center thinks they should be. Here is a taste of his New York Times op-ed, “The Battle for the Soul of the Library“: What in the world […]

What is popular this week at Current?

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Here are the most popular features of the week at Current: Tony Norman, “Bob Dylan: Still Slipping In and Out of Time“ John Fea, “Tilting at Windmills“ John Fea, “On Turning 56“ Jeremy Sabella, “The Tower of Babel and The American […]

Bad history has consequences

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Yesterday in my Historical Methods and Age of Hamilton classes I took some to talk about the Russian invasion of Ukraine. In my Historical Methods class I could not pass up the chance to take our conversations about public history, […]

No one should take Tucker Carlson seriously

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This morning we called your attention to Carlson’s Father Coughlin-like support of Vladimir Putin. Over at The Washington Post, Margaret Sullivan reminds us of what a Fox News lawyer once said about the right-wing pundit. Here is a taste: Carlson […]

The New York Times condemns the Russian invasion of Ukraine

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Here is a taste of the editorial: …Vladimir Putin is giving a master class in dangerous and destructive leadership and making it all the more important that President Biden and other nations stand resolutely together in the face of threats, […]

Evangelical roundup for February 24, 2022

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What is happening in Evangelical land? Russia is no friend to evangelicals in Crimea. If I am reading David Brody correctly, Justin Trudeau is on his way to hell for his response to the Canadian freedom convoy: Ukraine evangelicals prepare […]

North Carolina decides against Madison Cawthorn on insurrectionist law

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The pro-Trump Congressmen may be disqualified from running again. Here is Kyle Cheney at Politico: The North Carolina attorney general’s office says a constitutional prohibition on insurrectionists seeking federal office could be applied to GOP Rep. Madison Cawthorn if a […]

Trump’s new social media site is a disaster

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Here is Drew Harwell at The Washington Post: Former president Donald Trump, a longtime critic of how Democrats debuted Healthcare.gov, is facing a bungled website launch of his own. His long-promised social network, Truth Social, has been almost entirely inaccessible in […]

The intellectual roots of Biden’s response to Putin

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Here is the team at Politico‘s “West Wing Playbook”: …Biden’s 2017 book, “Promise Me, Dad,” largely focused on his deceased son BEAU. But it still mentioned the Russian president more than 65 times. “While I had been encouraged by Putin’s willingness […]

Revisiting the Catholic baptism pronoun controversy

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Last week we brought to your attention the Phoenix, Arizona Catholic priest who resigned after he used the wrong pronoun while performing baptisms. Over at The Washington Post, Michelle Boorstein gets Rev. Thomas Reese, a Jesuit and religion journalist, to […]

“‘Crazy’ has become a church-growth strategy”

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Are you a pastor who wants your church to grow? There is a new church-growth formula out there. If you are a pro-Trump, anti-critical race theory, anti-mask, and anti-vaccine pastor your church will grow. It will not grow through evangelism, […]

How to get the most out of Current

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Current provides daily commentary, reflection, and judgment on contemporary culture, politics, and ideas. It is grounded in the broad tradition of American democracy–a tradition whose practices and institutions are moving through a period of great stress and testing. The founders […]