Andy Beshear for vice president? Here is WHAS11 TV in Louisville, Kentucky: Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris Monday morning to take Joe Biden’s place atop the Democratic ticket, but he also had plenty to say about U.S. Sen. […]
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Evangelical roundup: Members of the Southern Baptist Convention turn on one of their own:
Evangelicals–left, right, and center–have now had a chance to sleep on America’s new political reality. We posted yesterday on their initial reaction to Biden’s withdrawal from the race. Let’s see what they are saying today: President of the Southern Baptist […]
The Trump campaign’s worst nightmare
The GOP played its hand in Milwaukee. The entire Republican National Convention was designed to attack Joe Biden. The GOP has chosen its vice-presidential candidate. But with Biden out of the race, the Democratic Party now has the opportunity to […]
Former Maryland governor Larry Hogan, now running for one of the state’s GOP U.S. Senate seat, rips Project 2025
Last weekend, Donald Trump distanced himself from the Heritage Foundation‘s “presidential transition” plan called Project 2025. So did moderate Republican Larry Hogan. Here is a taste of Hogan’s recent piece at The Washington Post: I am a firm believer in […]
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Sunday night odds and ends
A few things online that caught my attention this week: Would J.D. Vance join a UAW picket line outside a Tesla factory? Goodbye J.D. Salinger, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Ernest Hemingway, Herman Melville, Nathaniel Hawthorne, James Joyce, David Foster Wallace, and […]
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Shapiro defeated Doug Mastriano in 2022, so he knows how to run against MAGA. Will he be on the ticket in November?
Biden is out. He has endorsed Kamala Harris. But we still don’t know who the Democrats will pick to run against Donald Trump. Whoever it is, Pennsylvania governor Josh Shapiro will be considered as a running mate. Here is our […]
Bill and Hillary Clinton endorse Kamala Harris for president
Barack Obama on Joe Biden’s decision to withdraw from the 2024 presidential race
#44 on #46: Joe Biden has been one of America’s most consequential presidents, as well as a dear friend and partner to me. Today, we’ve also been reminded — again — that he’s a patriot of the highest order. Sixteen […]
The early evangelical reaction to Biden’s decision to withdraw from the 2024 presidential race
Biden disrupted a lot of post-church Sunday afternoon naps today: Russell Moore: Former Obama staff member Michael Wear: Director of Liberty University’s Standing for Freedom Center: Such drama: MAGA worship leader Sean Feucht: Texas Senator Ted Cruz: South Dakota senator […]
Donald Trump responds to Joe Biden’s exit from the race
Apparently the assassination attempt on his life “changed” Donald Trump. We saw it during his RNC convention speech. We see it here. 😉
Joe Biden will not run for president in November 2024; endorses Kamala Harris
Trump told CNN that Biden was the “worst president in the history of our country.” He says he will have an easier time defeating Harris. What comes next? No one knows yet.
The Leviticus 8 thesis of the assassination attempt on Donald Trump
The Old Testament book of Leviticus, in chapter 8, deals with the consecration of priests. Here is how the passage describes the ordination of Aaron and his sons. The highlights are mine: The Lord said to Moses, 2 “Bring Aaron and his sons, their garments, the […]
Trump on the policy proposals in Project 2025: “They are extreme, I mean they are seriously extreme”
If you want to a get a sense of The Heritage Foundation’s “Project 2025,” check out our coverage of last Monday’s “Policy Fest,” a Heritage event held in conjunction with the Republican National Convention. The following organizations serve on the […]
A Cornerstone University alum laments
Amy Houskamp Nemecek is a senior editor at Baker Publishing Group and the author of The Language of the Birds and Other Poets. She is a graduate of Cornerstone University, a Christian college that just cut virtually all of its […]
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:
The mind of J.D. Vance
Ian Ward unpacks the intellectual influences that shape the mind of J.D. Vance, Trump’s vice-president pick. They are Notre Dame professor Patrick Deneen, venture capitalist Peter Thiel, blogger Curtis Yarvin, deceased philosopher René Girard, writer Sohrab Ahmari, the group of […]
Jeff Greenfield: “Trump derailed his own convention speech”
While I was watching the GOP convention last night, I wrote this: In the end, I think this speech is really hurting Trump. He is replaying all the old hits. The assassination attempt has not changed his talking points in […]
Ramaswamy: Vote GOP. We support gay marriage and don’t want to ban abortion.
Former GOP presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy and New York congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (AOC) got into it this week on X. Ramaswamy responded this way: What will the Christian Right think about these claims? Is the GOP now the party of […]