A short, idiosyncratic, and utterly eclectic post-election reading list of books that might encourage or discourage.
Roman Empire
Good citizens under a bad emperor
The “emperor” for the next four years will be bad. We, the citizens, however, don’t have to be.
Why Christians should think about the Roman Empire daily
This post is cross-posted from the Anxious Bench, where it ran on 11/15/2023. I remember the first time I read the New Testament book of Acts. It was the spring semester of my first year of college, and I was […]
The best road trip novel you’ve never read (probably)
A young man, bored with his life and searching for excitement, takes a road trip. He gets much more excitement, however, than he had bargained for, when his new girlfriend accidentally turns him into a donkey by smearing the wrong […]
Will Kevin McCarthy last more than 66 days as Speaker of the House?
66 days. That’s how long Didius Julianus lasted as Roman emperor in 193 C.E. As historian Edward Watts notes, he “ran out of things to give his allies.” Here is a taste of his piece at Zocalo: Julianus was so […]