Here are the most popular features of the week at Current: John Fea, “Trump Is Going Down and He Is Taking Evangelicals with Him“ Andrew F. Lang, “Democratic Spirit: Ulysses S. Grant at 200“ Kody W. Cooper, “Rethinking an Ethic of […]
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Senate passes bipartisan gun bill
Here is NBC News: The Senate on Thursday night passed the most sweeping gun bill designed to prevent gun violence in decades, a major victory for advocates and a rare defeat for the National Rifle Association. The vote was 65 to 33, with all […]
Evangelical roundup for May 2, 2022
What is happening in Evangelical land? Evangelicals discussing the future of evangelicalism. Shane Claiborne meets a guy in a Ferrari: Liberty University’s Standing for Freedom Center loves Elon Musk, a defender of transhumanism, opponent of climate change, and a globalist: […]
George Will: “Amend the Constitution to bar senators from the presidency”
Will offers a stinging critique of GOP Senators who appear to be using their Senate seats to run for president. Here is a taste: In Jonathan Haidt’s recent essay for the Atlantic, “Why the Past 10 Years of American Life Have Been […]
The Better Angels of Our Democracy
Putin has opened a window for restoring American politics
Is there a difference between an evangelical worship service and a right-wing political rally?
Sometimes it’s really hard to tell. Here is Elisabeth Dias and Ruth Graham at The New York Times: They opened with an invocation, summoning God’s “hedge of thorns and fire” to protect each person in the dark Phoenix parking lot. […]
When Harvard grads attack the American “elite”
Someone recently left a message on my voicemail asking me if I saw myself as part of the “liberal elite.” He is one of the regular callers who leaves voice mails whenever I write something here or elsewhere that they […]
When conservatives loved Francisco Franco
Today it is Hungary’s Viktor Orbán. In the 1950s it was the Spanish dictator Francisco Franco. Here is Joshua Tait at The Bulwark: Prominent conservatives have discovered Hungary and its “twenty-first century dictator,” Viktor Orbán. This week, Tucker Carlson will […]
Ivy leaguers who are trying to destroy American democracy
What do Josh Hawley, Steve Mnuchin, Ben Carson, Wilbur Ross, Jared Kushner, Steve Bannon, Mike Pompeo, Ted Cruz, Elise Stefanik, and Kayleigh McEnany have in common? They all have degrees from Ivy League institutions and they are all, in one […]
Evangelical roundup for December 2, 2021
What is going on in Evangelical land? Christianity Today reports on what happened in the Supreme Court yesterday related to abortion. True: Also true: Franklin Graham comes out strong (as expected) on Dobbs v. Jackson. Amicus briefs on Dobbs v. […]
Sunday night odds and ends
A few things online that caught my attention this week: The confusing and elusive “1619 Project.” Emerson and Thoreau vs. 21st century libertarianism Are the Democrats the real party of racism? Magazine covers Today there is no “classically educated elite“ […]
David Barton spreads blatant falsehoods about the AP US History course, state history standards, and a bunch of other stuff.
David Barton, the Christian Right operative who talks about the past, recently spoke at Godspeak Calvary Chapel in Newbury Park, California. GOP representative Madison Cawthorn introduced Barton. The pastor of the church is Rob McCoy. Learn more about McCoy and […]
There is no moral or constitutional equivalence between the presidencies of Joe Biden and Donald Trump
What happens when party loyalty and a cult of personality trumps our loyalty to the checks and balances built into the United States Constitution? We have a Constitutional crisis like the one we are currently experiencing. Here is Robert Kagan […]
What is popular this week at CURRENT?
Here are the most popular Current features of the last week: Fidel A. Arencillo Jr., Under the Spell of Stupidity Adam Jortner, You Can’t Make Me Wear Pants, Either John Fea, Wearing the Cross of Their Calling Robert Earle Barham, Waking […]
History teachers: The “skills-versus-content” debate rests on a false dichotomy
Over the last few decades, history educators and the scholars who shape the field of history education have stressed the teaching of historical thinking skills as essential to good pedagogy. This emphasis, I would argue, emerged as a response to […]
The anti-Critical Race Theory bills keep coming
Last week we took a close look at Josh Hawley’s “Love America Act.” Now we have the Protect Equality and Civics Education (PEACE) Act. The Senate sponsors are Republicans Marco Rubio, (FL), Kevin Cramer (ND), and Mike Braun (IN). Here […]
What is popular this week at Current?
Here are the most popular Current features of the last week: Jay Green, CURRENT and the #Exvangelical Dilemma Steve Waldman, The Return of Local News M. Elizabeth Carter, Fishing for Faith John Fea, Where Benjamin Franklin Can’t Take Us John Fea, […]
What is popular this week at Current?
Here are the most popular Current features of the last week: Daniel Williams, Abortion and the Class Divide Philip Gorski, Three Cheers Mark Schwehn, Plague Theology Christopher Shannon, BIden and the Bishops John Ragosta, Government and the Private Side of the Wall […]
For the first time in American history, advocates of patriotic education are claiming their curriculum is based on fact
This is a fascinating essay by Timothy Messer-Kruse of Bowling Green State University. It covers Josh Hawley’s “Love America Act” and Hillsdale College’s 1776 Curriculum. For most of the last two centuries, patriotic schooling was not a partisan issue. Both […]
The GOP’s “lost generation”
Rational Republicans are leaving politics in droves. Here is Politico: As Donald Trump ponders another presidential bid, top Republicans have grown fearful about what they’re calling the party’s “lost generation.” In conversations with more than 20 lawmakers, ex-lawmakers, top advisers […]