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Nicholas Kristof returns to The New York Times

John Fea   |  August 2, 2022

After his bid for governor of Oregon did not go so well, The New York Times gave him his old job back. We tried to recruit Kristof to Current, but we couldn’t afford him–at least not yet. 😉 Here is […]

They were wrong

John Fea   |  July 22, 2022

New York Times opinion columnists tell us what they got wrong: In our age of hyperpartisanship and polarization, when social media echo chambers incentivize digging in and doubling down, it’s not easy to admit you got something wrong. But here […]

Does America have a free speech problem?

John Fea   |  March 19, 2022

The editorial board of The New York Times thinks so. Here is a taste of yesterday’s editorial: For all the tolerance and enlightenment that modern society claims, Americans are losing hold of a fundamental right as citizens of a free […]

The New York Times condemns the Russian invasion of Ukraine

John Fea   |  February 24, 2022

Here is a taste of the editorial: …Vladimir Putin is giving a master class in dangerous and destructive leadership and making it all the more important that President Biden and other nations stand resolutely together in the face of threats, […]

Albert Mohler responds to David Brooks’ essay on evangelical reformers

John Fea   |  February 7, 2022

Writing at WORLD magazine, the latest imperial conquest of the fundamentalist fiefdom over which he presides, Southern Baptist Theological Seminary president Albert Mohler has responded to David Brooks’s recent New York Times piece on evangelical dissenters. Let’s break it down: […]

“Death, for all us, is a journey interrupted”

John Fea   |  October 19, 2021

When was the last time you saw material like this from New York Times opinion writer? Thank you Tish Harrison Warren. A taste: The truth is, no one — not priests, not scientists, not the most ardent atheist, not the […]

Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Nicholas Kristof is leaving The New York Times

John Fea   |  October 15, 2021

The New York Times columnist who wrote about Jim Wallis, “The Daily Me,” Billy Graham’s granddaughter, Trump evangelical Rick Joyner, progressive Christianity, Jimmy Carter‘s faith, Timothy Keller, professors and the public, and the humanities is leaving his post. He may […]

What happened on January 6, 2021?

John Fea   |  July 2, 2021

The New York Times has analyzed thousands of videos related to the January 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol and put together its own 40-minute video. It is calling this video “the most comprehensive picture to date of what happened–and […]

No more op-eds at The New York Times

John Fea   |  April 27, 2021

The Times has decided that op-eds are no longer relevant in the digital age. Here is Kathleen Kingsbury: The first Op-Ed page in The New York Times greeted the world on Sept. 21, 1970. It was so named because it appeared […]

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