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California Senator Dianne Feinstein has passed away

John Fea   |  September 29, 2023

Until an official obituary appears, learn about this trailbazing United States Senator here. She was mayor of San Francisco from 1978 to 1988 and was elected to five U.S. Senate terms. In 1984 she was on Walter Mondale’s vice-presidential short...

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Brooks Robinson, RIP

John Fea   |  September 26, 2023

RIP:...

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Song of the Day

John Fea   |  July 21, 2023

RIP...

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Robert Gottlieb, RIP

John Fea   |  June 16, 2023

Last weekend I watched the documentary Turn Every Page. Here is the trailer: Before I watched his documentary I knew that Robert Gottlieb was Robert Caro’s editor and he was the editor-in-chief at Alfred A. Knopf publishing house, but that...

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Cormac McCarthy inspires a consequential question: What is the worth of holy awe?

John Fea   |  June 16, 2023

One of America’s great novelists passed away this week. Here is National Public Radio: Cormac McCarthy, one of the great novelists of American literature, died Tuesday of natural causes at his home in Santa Fe, N.M. He was 89. His...

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Pat Robertson (1930-2023)

John Fea   |  June 8, 2023

I am sure we will have more to say about Robertson death in the coming days. Here is the Associated Press: Pat Robertson, a religious broadcaster who turned a tiny Virginia station into the global Christian Broadcasting Network, tried a...

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AI-generated obituaries?

John Fea   |  June 7, 2023

Here is Eli Frankel at The Baffler: THE PITCH IS SIMPLE: drafting an obituary for a loved one can be a difficult and emotional task, so why not outsource the work to a computer? Recent advances in generative AI have...

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Amitai Etzioni (1929-2023)

John Fea   |  June 1, 2023

In 2018 I got an e-mail from Amitai Etzioni. He invited me to participate in a “civil dialogue” at The Arena Theater in Washington D.C. titled “There Are No Deplorables Here: A Dialogue Between Trump Supporters and Opponents.” Needless to...

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The New York Times remembers Tim Keller

John Fea   |  May 20, 2023

Keller’s hometown paper: The Rev. Timothy J. Keller, a best-selling author and theorist of Christianity who performed a modern miracle of his own — establishing a theologically orthodox church in Manhattan that attracted thousands of young professional followers — died on Friday...

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Timothy Keller (1950-2023)

John Fea   |  May 19, 2023

Here is his son Michael: Here is Bob Smietana at Religion News Service: He was 72. Known for his brainy and winsome approach to evangelism, Keller founded Redeemer Presbyterian Church in Manhattan in 1989, and grew the congregation into a...

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Song of the day

John Fea   |  May 2, 2023

RIP...

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“The Beautiful Game”

John Fea   |  December 29, 2022

RIP:...

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Sports video of the day

John Fea   |  December 21, 2022

RIP Franco Harris....

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Bob McGrath, RIP

John Fea   |  December 5, 2022

Another piece of my childhood is gone. RIP, Bob! Here is The New York Times: Bob McGrath, who played the sweater-clad neighborhood music teacher and general advice-giver on “Sesame Street” for almost half a century, died at his home in...

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More responses to the death of Michael Gerson

John Fea   |  November 20, 2022

I commented on the death of the former Bush speechwriter and Washington Post columnist here. We also linked to the PBS Newshour tribute. A few more responses: Daniel Silliman reporting at Christianity Today: He gave Bush’s speeches about compassionate conservatism...

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Staughton Lynd, 1929-2022

John Fea   |  November 18, 2022

We brought Staughton Lynd’s death to your attention yesterday. We now have an obituary. Here is the New York Times: Staughton Lynd, a historian and lawyer who over a long and varied career organized schools for Black children in Mississippi,...

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Staughton Lynd, RIP

John Fea   |  November 17, 2022

I haven’t found an obituary yet, but Twitter is reporting that the activist-historian/historian-activist has died at the age of 92. I am sure we will have a few more things to say about Staughton Lynd‘s death in the coming days,...

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Michael Gerson, RIP

John Fea   |  November 17, 2022

This one hits hard. I am going to devote tomorrow’s column at Current to Gerson. In the meantime, here is the Washington Post obituary: Michael Gerson, a speechwriter for President George W. Bush who helped craft messages of grief and...

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Chris Lehmann remembers Barbara Ehrenreich

John Fea   |  September 7, 2022

We lost a great cultural critic and writer last week. I have benefited immensely over the years from Barbara Ehrenreich‘s work on social class in America. She is well-known for her 2001 book Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By...

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Michael Gerson and Alan Jacobs remember Frederick Buechner

John Fea   |  August 24, 2022

Vocation is where “your deep gladness and the world’s deep hunger meet.” –Frederick Buechner Writer and theologian Frederick Buechner passed away last week. Michael Gerson remembers him: When the late Frederick Buechner — novelist, preacher, Christian apologist — was asked...

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