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Yesterday’s passing of a climate change bill is a step in the right direction

John Fea   |  August 8, 2022

Good news for those of us who care about the planet. Here is Robinson Meyer’s piece at The Atlantic: Climate change was born as a modern political issue in the United States Senate. On a hot June day in 1988,...

A.R. Bernard: What were you thinking inviting Chuck Schumer to your church on Easter Sunday?

John Fea   |  April 22, 2022

In case you missed it, Chuck Schumer recently spoke–on Easter Sunday–at A.R. Bernard’s Christian Cultural Center, a megachurch in Brooklyn. Some of you may remember A.R. Bernard. He was one of the original Trump court evangelicals, but quickly left the...

Have you heard about the new State of the Union sitcom?

John Fea   |  March 4, 2022

It’s brought to you by Trevor Noah and the Daily Show:...

The Democrats announce a $3.5 trillion “go-it-alone” infrastructure plan to supplement the bipartisan deal

John Fea   |  July 14, 2021

While Joe Biden waits for his bipartisan infrastructure plan to get through Congress, Senate Democrats have announced another infrastructure plan that will provide funds for everything that did not make it into the bipartisan plan. This would include funding for...

National politicians respond to the Chauvin verdict. Do you see a pattern here?

John Fea   |  April 20, 2021

In case you still don’t know, former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin was found guilty of the murder of George Floyd. Here is how Twitter is responding: As of 8:43pm on Tuesday evening, April 20, 2021 the following national politicians...

Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith uses the Old Testament to lecture Senator Chuck Schumer (he’s Jewish) about why it is wrong to vote on Sunday

John Fea   |  March 26, 2021

This is why we have separation of church of state. It also illustrates how the belief that America was founded as a Christian nation informs the legislative agenda of the country’s highest GOP lawmakers. Does Hyde-Smith really believe our voting...

How did Democrats lose “Joe Bailey”

John Fea   |  February 17, 2021

Over at Dissent, historian Gabriel Winant reviews two new books on working people. The first is David Paul Kuhn’s The Hardhat Riot: Nixon, New York City, and the Dawn of the White Working-Class Revolution. The other is Jacob S. Hacker...

Here’s One for the Trump Presidential Library:

John Fea   |  April 3, 2020

From Whitehouse.Gov:...

Trump Seems Incapable of Leading

John Fea   |  March 15, 2020

Earlier today a Facebook friend wrote on my wall: I do appreciate your academic research and study on Politics and History, but I would strongly encourage you to not use this time for divisive discussion and rhetoric! It should be...

Which Response to a Presidential Address Was Worse?:

John Fea   |  January 8, 2019

This (2018): Or this (2013): [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=19ZxJVnM5Gs&w=560&h=315]...

James Fallows on Yesterday’s “Surreal” Oval Office Exchange

John Fea   |  December 12, 2018

In case you missed it, Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer had a showdown in the Oval Office with Donald Trump about his border wall.  James Fallows of The Atlantic called it “surreal.” [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6wm-NtMkqz8&w=560&h=315] Fallows has two questions about what happened:...

Why Chuck Schumer Hopes Trump is Right About the Wire-Tapping

John Fea   |  March 5, 2017

It looks like Donald Trump may have backed himself into a corner with this tweet: How low has President Obama gone to tapp my phones during the very sacred election process. This is Nixon/Watergate. Bad (or sick) guy! — Donald...

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Episode 51: “The Politics of Tinky Winky”

January 27, 2023 By John Fea

He was Florida’s professor of the year in 2006. Today his courses would be illegal.

January 27, 2023 By John Fea

Zakaria: The nation’s policy on classified documents and “secrecy” is “out-of-control”

January 27, 2023 By John Fea

Teaching John Henry Newman’s “What is a University”

January 27, 2023 By John Fea

What is popular this week at Current?

January 27, 2023 By John Fea

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