Jean Dennison is Associate Professor of Anthropology at the University of Washington. This interview is based on her new book, Vital Relations: How the Osage Nation Moves Indigenous Nationhood into the Future (University of North Carolina Press, 2024). JF: What […]
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Why did Thomas Matthew Crooks shoot Trump? I don’t know. But it may be time again for the “Umbrella Man”
Causation often requires research and investigation: More here.
The “Ephesians 6:11” thesis of the assassination attempt on Donald Trump
I’ve been hearing a lot of calls for national unity today. Those calling for such unity believe that Thomas Matthew Crooks’s assassination attempt of Donald Trump will somehow bring the country together. Even Trump’s staunchest critics have rightly condemned the […]
Sunday night odds and ends
A few things online that caught my attention this week: “Resistance historians?“ The New York Times on the attack on Donald Trump Todd Shy reviews Marilynne Robinson’s Reading Genesis. Linden K. Smith reviews it here. Regionalism and the 1924 Immigration […]
What to expect at this week’s GOP convention:
So much going on this week at the Trump fest in Milwaukee! Tomorrow, from 9:00am to 4:30pm, convention-goers can attend The Heritage Foundation’s “Policy Fest.” Speakers include Kiron Skinner (Director of Policy Planning at the State Department during the Trump […]
David Brooks: “God is good, omniscient, and omnipotent and yet somehow he seems to want Donald Trump to be re-elected”
Current editor Eric Miller often sees things in American culture that others don’t see. That is why he is a great editor. After Thomas Matthew Crook’s assassination attempt on Donald Trump, Eric sent along this clip from the PBS News […]
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How are evangelicals responding to the assassination attempt on Donald Trump?
Many are offering thoughts and prayers today for former president Donald Trump and our nation. Trump’s supporters and his critics are condemning political violence. Here are how evangelical Christians are responding: Christianity Today has a piece here. Franklin Graham: Southern […]
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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:
Cornerstone University’s problems suddenly look a lot worse
We’ve learned from several credible sources that less than a month before firing seven tenured professors, the Cornerstone Board of Trustees authorized the removal of all tenure protections from all tenured faculty in every discipline across the university, turning them […]
Oklahoma announces a “complete overhaul” of its social studies curriculum. The state is relying on an “A-List Executive Review Committee” of conservative activists
Here is the Washington Examiner: Oklahoma’s top education official is overhauling the state’s social studies curriculum to emphasize American exceptionalism to combat what he says is left-wing messaging that teaches children to “hate America.” In a document obtained by the Washington Examiner, Oklahoma Superintendent of Public Instruction […]
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The chair of Cornerstone University’s Board of Trustees responds to the school’s cuts in arts and humanities (UPDATED)
Are you new to this story? Get up to speed here. The alumni of Cornerstone University recently received this statement from Richard S. Koole, chair of the Cornerstone University Board. Current was able to obtain a copy: Fellow Alumni, Like […]
Religion News Service on the crisis at Cornerstone University
Here is Kathryn Post: Meredith Mead, a conservative Christian with a love of words, enrolled in Cornerstone University three years ago, choosing the 83-year-old nondenominational school in Grand Rapids, Michigan, over other top Christian schools because of its creative writing […]
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Cornerstone University alumni push back on school cuts to arts and humanities program
As many of you know, we have been covering the cuts at Cornerstone University. Get up to speed here. Members of the Cornerstone University community have come together to form a new website: “VOICE OF CU: Coming together to shed […]
When a Holocaust denier took down a Christian college professor
Some of you may recall our May 2024 post on Matthew Warner, a communication professor who was fired by Grace College, an evangelical school in Winona Lake, Indiana. Warner was targeted by the Christian Right because he published some tweets […]
GOP political activist David Barton responds to Trump’s Republican Party platform
If you have not been following this GOP platform debate, get up to speed here and here. David Barton, the GOP political activist who uses the American past to promote his activism, was a member of the 2024 GOP platform […]