Once again, Russell Moore’s Twitter feed provides insight into the current state of American evangelical Christianity on the eve of the 2024 presidential election. Moore tweeted: And here are just some of the more than two thousands comments he received […]
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Wehner: “The strongest case for voting for Harris doesn’t have nearly as much to do with her as it has to do with Trump”
Over at The Atlantic, Peter Wehner worries about the future of conservativism if Trump wins: The strongest case for voting for Harris doesn’t have nearly as much to do with her as it has to do with her opponent. Trump remains […]
Religion and the election in Pennsylvania
Ivey DeJesus of the Harrisburg Patriot-News and Peter Smith of the Associated Press are covering Christianity and the 2024 presidential election in Pennsylvania. I was happy to help them with their stories. Here is a taste of DeJesus’s piece, “Some […]
Trump at Madison Square Garden: “A closing argument of grievances, misogyny, and racism”
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 […]
If Trump wins, it may be BECAUSE of his depravity
This week learned from The Atlantic and from The New York Times that Donald Trump is a big Adolph Hitler fan. Tom Nichols at The Atlantic writes: “Many Americans know exactly who Trump is, and they like it.” A taste: […]
A historian of fascism changes his mind. Yes, Trump is a fascist.
Check out Elisabeth Zerofsky’s piece at The New York Times on historian Robert Paxton. It looks like John Kelly may be right. Here is a taste: Paxton, who is 92, is one of the foremost American experts on fascism and […]
Stop reminding me: a theory about this election
Maybe the key to winning this election is to stay out of sight.
Covering up a genitalia remark
A partisan press at work.
On evangelical Mike Johnson and Arnold Palmer’s genitalia
In case you haven’t heard, on Saturday night Donald Trump spent fifteen minutes talking about Arnold Palmer’s “manhood” in Latrobe, Pennsylvania. Watch: Trump is crude and lewd. This is par the course for him. It is also par for the […]
The Atlantic endorses Kamala Harris
And in the process it makes a pretty strong case why Trump cannot be the next president. This is only the fourth time the magazine has weighed-in on a presidential election. The Atlantic endorsed both of Trump’s previous opponents (Clinton […]
From 93 to 1:27
Some of us see the 2024 election as another Flight 93 election. I see it as a Genesis 1:27.
Heather Richardson: “William McKinley is having a moment”
From “Letters from an American“: William McKinley is having a moment (which I confess is a sentence I never expected to write). Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump is elevating McKinley, representative from Ohio from 1877 to 1891 and president from […]
Donald Trump as Rex Mottram
A buffoonish literary character with many vices is entertaining. But not so in real life.
Trump on phone apps
Remember last year when Donald Trump asked, “What the hell is a Blizzard?“ I was reminded of this story today when I learned about the populist presidential candidate’s recent comment on phone apps. Apparently Trump doesn’t realize that his own […]
The Teamsters will not endorse Kamala Harris. Why?
We learned yesterday that the Teamsters will not endorse any candidate for President. Some of you will remember that Teamster President Sean O’Brien spoke at the Republican National Convention in July. The union also just released this poll: Over at […]
Pope Francis: Donald Trump and Kamala Harris are “against life”
On a recent flight from Singapore to Rome, Anna Matranga of CBS News had a question for Pope Francis: Your Holiness, you have always spoken in defence of the dignity of life. In Timor-Leste, which has a high birth rate, […]
We have now come to the point where *60 Minutes* is taking MAGA prophet Lance Wallnau seriously
Here is Wallnau talking about the “The Fourth Turning.” If you are not familiar with the idea of the Fourth Turning, here is a taste of my recent piece at Commonweal: In virtually all his public appearances, [Steve] Bannon references […]
Evangelicals respond to last night’s Harris-Trump debate
What a crazy night. Kamala Harris was relentless. To use boxing metaphors, Trump was on the ropes the entire night. Harris connected with relentless jabs and right hooks. The former president was on his heels through the entire debate. On […]
Harris won the debate, but will it matter?
That’s the question.
Taylor Swift, the “childless cat lady,” endorses Kamala Harris
Taylor has mobilized the Swifties. The election is over. 🙂 Trump has already responded.