Guelzo’s Lincoln clarifies the moral foundations of democratic patriotism in a corrosive age
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The Author’s Corner with Dean Lampros
Dean Lampros is Lecturer in the Department of History, Philosophy, and the Social Sciences at the Rhode Island School of Design. This interview is based on his new book, Preserved: A Cultural History of the Funeral Home in America (Johns […]
Tangled up in alliances? U.S. involvement in NATO
Brian Bengs’ analysis of NATO and collective security is worth thinking about, whether you agree or disagree.
REVIEW: Pity for EvilÂ
The story of abortion and nineteenth-century feminism gets its due
Evangelical roundup for April 4, 2024
What is happening in Evangelical land? Hispanic evangelicals are a growing force. Evangelicals: Politically diverse, biblically similar. I think Mike Huckabee agrees. Evangelicals and in vitro fertilization. Thomas Schirrmacher resigns as General Secretary of the World Evangelical Alliance Esau McCaulley […]
The Author’s Corner with Steven Peach
Steven Peach is Associate Professor of History at Tarleton State University. This interview is based on his new book, Rivers of Power: Creek Political Culture in the Native South, 1750–1815 (University of Oklahoma Press, 2024). JF: What led you to […]
Power and privilege and the Passion
At Christmas, we are often asked to consider “what child is this?” At Easter, among other things, we might ask, “what power is this?”
The Author’s Corner with Mark Richard
Mark Richard is Professor of History and Canadian Studies at the State University of New York at Plattsburgh. This interview is based on his new book, Catholics Across Borders: Canadian Immigrants in the North Country, Plattsburgh, New York, 1850-1950 (State […]
Blessing of Unicorns: historic bathrooms, relationships, war, and a job in Antarctica
In this roundup, stories about historic bathrooms, relationships, war, and a very promising job opening in Antarctica.
The Author’s Corner with Brian M. Ingrassia
Brian M. Ingrassia is Associate Professor of History at West Texas A&M University. This interview is based on his new book, Speed Capital: Indianapolis Auto Racing and the Making of Modern America (University of Illinois Press, 2024). JF: What led […]
On this International Women’s Day, celebrate by reading women
The intellectual world of those whose reading diet does not regularly include the work of women is greatly impoverished.
More cherry-picking from the Bartons
Watch the clip below. Tim Barton, the president of Wallbuilders, is speaking at an evangelical congregation: So what is Tim Barton doing here? He wants his audience to believe that the founders sought national unity at the time the Revolution […]
The 19% are still here!
Back in 2018, I wrote Believe Me: The Evangelical Road to Donald Trump. I dedicated the book “To the 19 percent.” This, of course, is a reference to the 19% of white evangelical Christian voters who did not vote for […]
Jane Kamensky, the new president of Monticello, prepares for the 250th commemoration of the nation’s founding
Last October, we noted that historian Jane Kamensky will be the new president of Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello. In a recent interview with the American Historical Association, Kamensky reflects on her role at Monticello in light of the 250th commemoration of […]
The Blessing of Unicorns: Byzantine mini mosaics, busyness, the language of flowers, and more
Mysterious Byzantine mini mosaics, translating ancient epics, Mike Cosper’s new book, women of the Superbowl, valorizing busyness, pregnancy as disease (or not!), and the language of flowers.
Civil religion is different from Christian Nationalism
The frequent references to God in national life or even to a divine source of human rights are not necessarily the same thing as Christian nationalism.
Read-Alouds with a Twist
Have your child read to you!
A Blessing of Unicorns (02/23/2024)
This week’s unicorns include maggots on a plane, WaPo on squirrels, oldest lipstick, Flannery O’Connor, marriage penalties, toxic productivity, the future of the humanities, and the second anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
America Abroad: Slinking Back to Form
At the second anniversary of the Russia-Ukraine war, an old stance is passé no more
The Author’s Corner with Kirsten Wood
Kirsten Wood is Associate Professor of History at Florida International University. This interview is based on her new book, Accommodating the Republic: Taverns in the Early United States (University of North Carolina Press, 2023). JF: What led you to write […]