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Search Results for: Stephen Miller

I think Trump adviser Stephen Miller forgot about the slave trade

John Fea   |  August 17, 2024

The latest from the Randall Stephens Collection

John Fea   |  January 28, 2022

It’s been a while since we posted something from the Randall Stephens Collection. This is the latest from the historian baseball card series. Who is Perry Miller? Read more about him here.

Trump at Madison Square Garden: “A closing argument of grievances, misogyny, and racism”

John Fea   |  October 28, 2024

It is very likely that more than seventy million Americans are going to vote for Donald Trump on November 5. Reporters from The New York Times chronicled what happened yesterday at Madison Square Garden First, there was this: A comic […]

Live blogging night 4 of the GOP convention

John Fea   |  July 18, 2024

It’s Trump’s turn tonight. Check out our coverage of night 1, night 2, and night 3. ***** U. S. Senator Steve Daines of Montana. He is the chairman of the National Republican Senatorial Committee. Says that this morning on his […]

Albert Mohler: “I want to maximize the Christian commitments of the state, the civilization”

John Fea   |  July 9, 2024

The National Conservatives are meeting this week in Washington D.C. Speakers include Stephen Miller (Trump immigration adviser), John Eastman (indicted lawyer who tried to help Trump steal the 2020 election), Walter Russell Mead (Bard College), Megan Basham (MAGA writer), R.R. […]

Ishmael Reed to Cornel West: “Are you sure you want to help install a dictatorship?”

John Fea   |  June 13, 2024

The work of Ishmael Reed got on my radar screen after he started criticizing Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Broadway musical Hamilton. In fact, Reed was so critical of Hamilton that he wrote an entire play titled The Haunting of Lin-Manuel Miranda (2019). […]

Albert Mohler, Doug Wilson, and Steve Bannon will speak at the National Conservatism conference in July

John Fea   |  May 24, 2024

The National Conservative movement is hosting its fourth annual conference in July. Watch: Speakers include: Albert Mohler (President Southern Baptist Theological Seminary) Steve Bannon (Trump adviser and alt-right leader) Josh Hawley (U.S. Senator from Missouri) Stephen Miller (Trump adviser and […]

What a 2025 Trump cabinet might look like

John Fea   |  December 8, 2023

Axios is reporting that Trump is already considering cabinet appointments. For Vice-President, Trump is considering Ohio Senator J.D. Vance, Arkansas governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders, failed Arizona gubernatorial candidate and election denier Kari Lake, South Dakota governor Kristi Noem, Florida representative […]

Evangelical roundup for October 9, 2023

John Fea   |  October 9, 2023

What is going on in Evangelical land? The number of evangelicals who believe the “earth is in crisis” is dropping. Italian evangelicals oppose the participation of the World Evangelical Alliance’s in a Vatican-sponsored prayer vigil. Denver Seminary hosts a conference […]

Trump endorses Dr. Oz in Pennsylvania U.S. Senate race

John Fea   |  April 10, 2022

Donald Trump just endorsed Mehmet Oz’s candidacy for the Pennsylvania U.S. Senate seat currently held by Pat Toomey. Here is Trip Gabriel at The New York Times: Wading into a tight Republican Senate primary in Pennsylvania, former President Donald J. […]

Evangelical roundup for September 2, 2021

John Fea   |  September 2, 2021

What is going on in Evangelical land? Will evangelicals who tell the truth continue to lose their jobs? The VP of the National Association of Evangelicals on Afghanistan: The evangelical governor of Mississippi says that “when you believe in eternal […]

Rothkopf: “Biden deserves credit, not blame for Afghanistan”

John Fea   |  August 30, 2021

David Rothkopf‘s piece at The Atlantic is helpful. He argues that “Americans should feel proud of what the U.S. government and military have accomplished in these past two weeks.” A taste: They all conveniently forgot that they were responsible for […]

Evangelical roundup for May 6, 2021

John Fea   |  May 6, 2021

What is happening in Evangelicalland? Evangelical TikTok Pray for India Shane Claiborne on the death penalty: What did televangelists look like before they were famous? Nick Jonas actually transformed into Joel Osteen: A reviewer thinks Beth Barr did not go […]

Interpreting Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago office

John Fea   |  April 7, 2021

Stephen Miller, Donald Trump’s nativist speechwriter and adviser, recently shared a picture of himself with Donald Trump after a meeting in Mar-a-Lago: Over at Politico, Daniel Lippman interprets the picture in a masterful piece titled “What a photo of Trump’s […]

Martin Marty’s graduate students

John Fea   |  February 27, 2025

The late church historian taught an all-star lineup of graduate students at the University of Chicago: M. Barbara Akin (1970, History)+Catherine Albanese (1972)Robert Alvis (2000)Richard Anderson (1973, History)R. Scott Appleby (1985)Yaakov Ariel (1986)James Ash (1976)+Paul Baglyos (1997)Craig Barnes (1992)Marvin Bergman (1990)James Block (1999, CSThought)Eileen Brewer (1984)James Bundy (1979)Jonathan Butler (1975)Stephen Carleton (1975)+Dennis Castillo (1990)Robert Choquette […]

Current’s 100 Books of the 21st Century

Nadya Williams   |  July 30, 2024

In response to NYT’s list of 100 books of the 21st century, we at Current have compiled our own list.

Blessing of Unicorns: Fairy tales, books, exvangelicals, summer, and Roman warfare

Nadya Williams   |  June 21, 2024

Blessing of Unicorns: Featuring fairy tales with the gory bits left in, books, exvangelicals, summer, and Roman battle scenes in movies.

This may be the best thing I have read on Trump

John Fea   |  June 14, 2024

Back in June 2017, I wrote a post that linked to Rebecca Solnit‘s piece on Donald Trump titled “The Loneliness of Donald Trump.” At the time I said that “this may be the best thing I have read on Trump.” […]

Our Draymond Green problem

Elizabeth Stice   |  May 6, 2024

Even if we see problems within our team, it is notoriously difficult to go against your own group, whatever that group is.

A library for joy, sorrow, and reflection: 2023 with Current book reviews

Nadya Williams   |  December 15, 2023

A summary of the year with Current book reviews. Find our top 23 reviews for ’23, and more.

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