Elizabeth Kimball is Assistant Professor of English at Drexel University. This interview is based on her new book, Translingual Inheritance: Language Diversity in Early National Philadelphia (University of Pittsburgh Press, 2021). JF: What led you to write Translingual Inheritance? EK: […]
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Department of Education proposes “priorities” for American History and Civics programs
You can read the document here. These priorities may influence who gets federal money for American history and civics programs and who does not. The Department is soliciting comments on these proposed priorities. The American History and Civics Education programs […]
Where are the evangelicals in this diverse cabinet?
Over at The Washington Post, Yonat Shimron examines the religious affiliations of the member of Biden’s cabinet. Here is a taste: President Biden’s Cabinet is set to make history in a number of ways. If all the nominees he has […]
The state of the suburbs
The suburbs are in the news again. Remember this Tweet: I am happy to inform all of the people living their Suburban Lifestyle Dream that you will no longer be bothered or financially hurt by having low income housing built in […]
A Princeton classics professor will not be investigated for his dissent
A classics professor at Princeton University got into some trouble when he “declared independence” from a petition championed by hundreds of his colleagues. Here is a taste of Joshua Katz‘s piece at The Wall Street Journal: Now is the time to […]
Liberty University’s Director of Diversity Retention Has Resigned
His name is Quan McLaurin. I am assuming he is resigning because of this: Here is his tweet: Yesterday I tendered my letter of resignation. As of July 2, 2020, I will no longer serve as the Director of Diversity […]
Identity Politics on Steroids at Amherst College
The Office of Diversity & Inclusion at Amherst College in Massachusetts recently posted its “Common Language Guide,” a forty-page glossary of terms that calls for “a need to come to a common and shared understanding of language…around identity, privilege, oppression […]
Princeton’s Robert George on Intellectual and Ideological Diversity in the Academy
While I was visiting a big state university a couple of weeks ago I had a robust, spirited, and civil conversation with the history faculty about how to teach controversial or morally problematic issues. Many of the history professors in […]
Do You Have This Sign on Your Lawn? If So, Thank a Messiah College History Major
Back in December 2016, NPR ran a story on this popular sign. Perhaps you have one in your neighborhood. Or maybe you have one on your lawn. The words first appeared on a black and white sign outside the […]
The Descendants of the Founding Fathers are Not All White
Have you seen this powerful new video from Ancestry.com? The video recreates John Trumbull’s “Declaration of Independence” painting: And here are the descendants: [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R1PMt8bnz34&w=560&h=315] Learn more about this video.
What Happens When You Teach a Graduate Seminar on “Women, Gender, and Sex in U.S. Religious History” to a Class That is Over 85% Men?
Andrea Turpin, a history professor at Baylor University, reflects on such an experience in a recent post at The Anxious Bench. She uses her observations from this graduate seminar, as well as her experience teaching an undergraduate class on women […]
What is Going on at Duke Divinity School?
Rod Dreher of The American Conservative and “Benedict Option” fame blogged about this yesterday under the title “Brave Prof Stands Up To Duke Divinity SJWs.” The “brave prof” in question is Catholic theologian and Duke Divinity School faculty member Paul […]
The End of White Christian America?
I am hoping to read Robert Jones‘s new book The End of White Christian America. In this video he chats with Judy Woodruff of PBS: [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QURLbHWOjSU&w=560&h=315] This is very interesting, but something does not seem quite right. (Again, I need […]
Diversity in Academic Life
Elizabeth Corey is a political scientist who directs the Honors College at Baylor University, In this piece at “Public Discourse,” the blog of The Witherspoon Institute, Corey offers some nice thoughts on academic diversity with particular focus on the Christian […]
How Are Christian Colleges Doing on the Diversity Scale?
Belhaven University With the exception of a few schools in or around major U.S. cities or in California, not very well. Over at the Pietist Schoolman, Chris Gehrz reports on our largely white Christian colleges and how they compare to other […]
Why Are Democrats Doing So Well in the South?
Mitch McConnell needs evangelicals to win in Kentucky Over at The Atlantic, Robert P. Jones of the Public Religion Research Institution has made a very interesting observation about evangelicals and the mid-term elections in the South. Jones argues that the five […]