In Episode 86 of The Way of Improvement Leads Home podcast Current editor Eric Miller talks about walking in his Western Pennsylvania neighborhood and his wife saying, “Remember when the American flag was just up there by itself and didn’t...
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Episode 71: Writing History for Young Readers
Have you ever wanted to write a children’s, middle-grade, or young adult history book? How do you get started? What is the process like? Do I need an agent? In this episode, we talk about writing history for young readers...
More Politics of Fear
Members of my extended family are sharing this on Facebook. It has apparently been shared over 479,000 times: There are people who say that I was wrong for suggesting in Believe Me that “fear” may have motivated people, especially evangelicals, to...
Do You Expect Me to Believe that Mike Pence Did Not Know the 49ers Would Kneel?
Apparently the President of the United States and the Vice-President of the United States plotted to pull a political stunt at yesterday’s Colts-49ers game. I asked @VP Pence to leave stadium if any players kneeled, disrespecting our country. I am...
Christian College Won’t Compete Against Teams Who “Disrespect” the Flag
According to The Chronicle of Higher Education, The College of Ozarks, a small Christian college in Missouri, will boycott athletic contests if they detect that their opponents disrespect the American Flag or the National Anthem. This seems odd to me. Why would...
Are the NFL Protests Religious?
In the movie “Concussion,” Dr. Bennett Omalu, the medical researcher who discovered chronic traumatic encephalopahty (CTE) in the brains of deceased NFL players, is told that he is going to war with a corporation that “owns a day of the...
A Member of Ben Sasse’s Dissertation Committee Offers Him Some Advice
Nebraska Senator Ben Sasse has a Ph.D in American history from Yale. Here is an exchange between Sasse and Yale historian Glenda Gilmore. She served on Sasse’s dissertation committee along with Jon Butler and Harry Stout. NFL players: You have...
What Was Being Worshiped Yesterday at First Baptist Church in Dallas?
Thankful to have American hero @JeffStruecker and our own Ensign Phillip Metcalfe with us this morning for Freedom Sunday at @firstdallas. pic.twitter.com/s3oNNoO2Hz — Dr. Robert Jeffress (@robertjeffress) June 25, 2017 Yesterday was “Freedom Sunday” at the First Baptist Church in...
Just Another Day in the Pennsylvania Bible Belt
The American flag, guns, the NRA, anti-Hillary Clinton, anti-Barack Obama, Liberty University, and the Confederate flag....
Grace Wisher and the Star Spangled Banner
The good folks at the National Museum of American History have published a post telling the story of Grace Wisher, the 13-year-old African American servant who helped Mary Pickersgill design the Star Spangled Banner which flew over Fort McHenry and...
Why Doesn’t the U.S. Olympic Team Lower the Flag?
I am sure Amy Bass knew this, but I did not. During the opening ceremonies, the United States is the only country whose Olympic team does not dip its flag when passing the box containing the leaders of the host...