Historian Andrew Bacevich, in an op-ed at the New York Daily News, writes, “The war in Vietnam was effectively lost well before Ford even took office. The same judgment applies to Biden and Afghanistan.” Here is a more extended taste […]
Gerald Ford
Friday morning court evangelical roundup
It was another crazy day in Trump land. Yesterday the news was focused on Trump’s potential pardons. There is speculation that he is preparing pardons for his children before they have been convicted of any crimes. Some say Trump may […]
Politicians at the Southern Baptist Convention
Mike Pence is not the first politician to speak at the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC). Historian Thomas Kidd offers some historical context in a piece at The Gospel Coalition. Here is a taste: It was not unheard of for politicians […]
Will Ted Cruz Be Reaganesque Tonight?
Ted Cruz has yet to endorse Donald Trump. Some of you may remember that during the campaign Trump liked to call Cruz “Lying Ted” and mocked the appearance of Cruz’s wife Heidi. Cruz called Trump a “pathological liar” and a […]
That Time Gerald Ford Lost His Voice
This past week at the Fred W. Smith Library at Mount Vernon I attended a discussion of American first ladies with C-SPAN’s Susan Swain and presidential historian Richard Norton Smith. The discussion was based on Swain’s book First Ladies: Presidential […]