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“Unbelievable”

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Ken Dryden was a great hockey goalie. He was also a Canadian politician. But I will always think of him as the guy in the ABC booth with Al Michaels during US Hockey Team’s win over the Soviet Union in […]

Trump and the “spoils system”

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Over at CNN, Zachary Wolf interviews Andrew Jackson scholar Daniel Feller on comparisons on the “spoils system.” Here is a taste: WOLF: You’ve written extensively about the spoils system. How would you describe it to Americans today? FELLER: It is a system […]

MAGA sets its sights on Wheaton College

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Have you heard about this dustup? Read Kathryn Post’s piece at Religion News Service. Here is a taste: On Friday (Feb. 7), Wheaton College, the evangelical Christian school outside Chicago, publicly congratulated Russell Vought, a conservative activist and architect of Project 2025 […]

The Author’s Corner with Matthew J. Tuininga

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Matthew J. Tuininga is Professor of Christian Ethics and the History of Christianity at Calvin Theological Seminary. This interview is based on his new book, The Wars of the Lord: The Puritan Conquest of America’s First People (Oxford University Press, […]

The Author’s Corner with Jeffrey Boutwell

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Jeffrey Boutwell is a retired independent historian with a B.A. in History from Yale and a Ph.D. in Political Science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. This interview is based on his new book, Boutwell: Radical Republican and Champion of […]

The Author’s Corner with Eran A. Zelnik

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Eran A. Zelnik is a Lecturer in the Department of History at California State University, Chico. This interview is based on his new book, American Laughter, American Fury: Humor and the Making of a White Man’s Democracy, 1750–1850 (Johns Hopkins […]

The Author’s Corner with Gregg L. Michel

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Gregg L. Michel is Professor of History and Assistant Department Chair at the University of Texas at San Antonio. This interview is based on his new book, Spying on Students: The FBI, Red Squads, and Student Activists in the 1960s […]

60 German universities leave X

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In case anyone was wondering, I still do not have my X account back. And I am not losing much sleep over it, probably for the same reasons 60 German universities and research universities are not losing too much sleep […]

The Author’s Corner with Lindsey Bestebreurtje

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Lindsey Bestebreurtje is a Curatorial Assistant with the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture. This interview is based on her new book, Built by the People Themselves: African American Community Development in Arlington, Virginia, from the Civil […]

Jimmy Carter at Messiah College

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On February 18, 1986, Jimmy Carter visited Messiah College as the inaugural speaker for the college’s Religion and Society Lecture series. Here is a taste of Randy Frame’s coverage of the lecture at Christianity Today: Last month, Messiah College in […]

The Author’s Corner with Patrick Parr

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Patrick Parr is Professor of English at Lakeland University Japan. This interview is based on his new book, Malcolm Before X (University of Massachusetts Press, 2024). JF: What led you to write Malcolm Before X? PP: Back in 2012, I’d […]

The Author’s Corner with Mark A. Neels

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Mark A. Neels is a History Teacher at Chaminade College Preparatory School. This interview is based on his new book, Lincoln’s Conservative Advisor: Attorney General Edward Bates (Southern Illinois University Press, 2024). JF: What led you to write Lincoln’s Conservative Advisor? […]