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Who auditioned for <em>A League of Their Own</em>?

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September 22, 2023

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Republicans are not the only people getting indicted

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September 22, 2023

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Can they impeach Joe Biden for being a “sex symbol”?

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September 22, 2023

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Yascha Mounk on identity politics

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September 22, 2023

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Tim Scott to autoworkers: “You strike, you’re fired”

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September 22, 2023

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What is popular this week at <em>Current</em>?

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September 22, 2023

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Song of the day

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September 21, 2023

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NT Wright on the difference between “hope” and “optimism”

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September 21, 2023

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“The only cause that really matters to most Republicans now is Trump himself.”

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September 21, 2023

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Boston University Center for Antiracist Research has a lot of money, but virtually nothing to show for it.

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September 21, 2023

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Jerry Falwell Jr. knows where all the bodies are buried at Liberty University

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September 21, 2023

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Evangelical roundup for September 21, 2023

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September 21, 2023

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Another candidate has joined the race for the 2024 Democratic nomination. She’s an atheist, a leftist, and pro-life.

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September 20, 2023

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What is going on at Hesston College?

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September 20, 2023

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SUNY-Potsdam puts 14 degree programs on the chopping block. Mostly liberal arts.

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September 20, 2023

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More evangelicals criticize Trump on abortion

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September 20, 2023

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Four myths about working with a university press

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September 20, 2023

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What did Richard Nixon write in the margins of his books?

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September 20, 2023

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Trump’s pro-Unionism and changes on abortion show an “eagerness to win even at the expense of ideological consistency”

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September 20, 2023

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“You’re nobody until somebody hates you”

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September 20, 2023

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The Author’s Corner with Lauren Lassabe Shepherd

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September 20, 2023

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Prolifers are outraged about Trump’s abortion comments on “Meet the Press”

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September 19, 2023

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The Author’s Corner with Michael McCulloch

Rachel Petroziello
September 19, 2023

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Will evangelicals turn on Trump after his “Meet the Press” abortion comments?

John Fea
September 18, 2023

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“And Pharaoh hardened his heart”: Will Donald Trump’s abortion claims on “Meet the Press” open a new lane for Ron DeSantis?

John Fea
September 18, 2023

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A Prayer before Study

John Fea
September 18, 2023

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The Author’s Corner with Peter Thompson

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September 18, 2023

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Evangelical roundup for September 18, 2023

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September 18, 2023

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Fact-checking Trump on “Meet the Press”

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September 17, 2023

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Sunday night odds and ends

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September 17, 2023

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Os Guinness keeps pushing his faulty American Revolution vs. French Revolution thesis

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September 17, 2023

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Messianic rabbi Jonathan Cahn at Family Research Council event: “We are at war.”

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September 17, 2023

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When it comes to the MAGA media infrastructure, Lauren Boebert can do no wrong.

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September 17, 2023

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Environmentalism as the next pro-life movement?

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September 17, 2023

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Happiness guru Arthur Brooks is writing books with Oprah

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September 17, 2023

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Steven Mintz on “the left”

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September 16, 2023

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Lauren Boebert apologizes

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September 16, 2023

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75% of Americans side with the United Auto Workers. Why aren’t more Americans in the streets as a show of support?

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September 16, 2023

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What’s going on at Charlie Kirk’s MAGA pastorfest?

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September 16, 2023

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The National Book Award announces its longlist of finalists

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September 15, 2023

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Romney announces he will not run in 2024. What does this mean for Senate centrists?

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September 15, 2023

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Did God “call” Lauren Boebert to this?

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September 15, 2023

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When it comes to transgender athletes in women’s sports, don’t mess with Oberlin College

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September 15, 2023

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The Author’s Corner with Melissa Blair

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September 15, 2023

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What is popular this week at <em>Current</em>?

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September 15, 2023

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Wheaton College study on race: “We cannot be healed and cannot be reconciled unless and until we repent”

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September 14, 2023

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Are liberals ignoring the value of two-parent families?

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September 14, 2023

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Eric Metaxas prepares pastors for a holy war

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September 14, 2023

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Evangelical roundup for September 14, 2023

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September 14, 2023

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The real meaning of Kevin McCarthy’s impeachment inquiry against Biden

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September 13, 2023

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The Author’s Corner with Joseph Beilein Jr.

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September 13, 2023

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“Anything that wasn’t stale tea party table talk was permitted”

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September 12, 2023

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Bayard Rustin and the politics of class

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September 12, 2023

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On becoming a perpetual student

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September 12, 2023

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Ross Douthat: A Christian conservative who lives among liberals and writes for them

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September 12, 2023

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White supremacists converge on Eastern Nazarene College

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September 12, 2023

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Trump court evangelicals, prophets, and pseudo-historians will gather with Charlie Kirk in San Diego this week to train pastors

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September 11, 2023

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Evangelical roundup for September 11, 2023

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September 11, 2023

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Song of the Day

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September 11, 2023

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Sunday night odds and ends

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September 10, 2023

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Christian artist Mylon Lefevre has died

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September 10, 2023

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Too old to be president?

John Fea
September 9, 2023

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Song of the day

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September 9, 2023

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Major foundations invest in local journalism

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September 9, 2023

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The Heritage Foundation is leading $22 million project that includes the promotion of Christian nationalism

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September 9, 2023

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Andrew Sullivan calls for Joe Biden to step aside

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September 9, 2023

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It’s all Jill Biden’s fault

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September 9, 2023

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If president, Vivek Ramaswamy would deport American citizens

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September 9, 2023

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New Iowa State University poll shows Trump with a commanding lead in Iowa

John Fea
September 9, 2023

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Christian Trumpism in South Dakota

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September 8, 2023

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Nancy Pelosi will seek reelection to Congress in 2024

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September 8, 2023

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Eboo Patel: “It’s time to overturn the Robin DiAngelo and Ibram X. Kendi model” of “power and privilege”

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September 8, 2023

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What is popular this week at <em>Current</em>?

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September 8, 2023

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The Author’s Corner with Kathryn Cramer Brownell

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September 8, 2023

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Evangelical roundup for September 7, 2023

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September 7, 2023

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Springsteen postpones all his September shows

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September 6, 2023

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The praying coach resigns. He’s going to stick with the right-wing media tours.

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September 6, 2023

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Federalist Society and Trump-appointed judge puts Proud Boys chairman away for 22 years.

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September 6, 2023

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Conservative sportswriter Jason Whitlock: “Deion says he’s a follower of Jesus Christ, but he completely ignores every scripture related to humility.”

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September 6, 2023

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“…this was a show with a theme, and that theme was mortality”

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September 6, 2023

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What happens to the longsuffering Detroit Lions fan if the team starts winning?

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September 6, 2023

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September 5, 2023

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Jack Hibbs once again spreads falsehoods to his congregation. This time it’s about the Maui wildfires.

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September 5, 2023

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Eric Metaxas and John Zmirak on why Mike Pence is not a good Christian

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September 5, 2023

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Is it time to make major changes to the U.S. Constitution?

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September 5, 2023

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A pro-life conservative and a pro-choice liberal find common ground on a post-<em>Dobbs</em> family policy

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September 5, 2023

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College is not a job

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September 5, 2023

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Did we get a glimpse of Biden’s 2024 stump speech today?

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September 4, 2023

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Socialists and social conservatives of the world unite?

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September 4, 2023

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At Asbury University, revivals are good for business

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September 4, 2023

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Are American conservatives more Catholic than the Pope?

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September 4, 2023

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Alone at home plate with the winning run

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September 4, 2023

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Billy Sunday on the working man, 1917

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September 4, 2023

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Evangelical roundup for September 4, 2023

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September 4, 2023

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Remembering Jim Abbott’s no-hitter

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September 4, 2023

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Sunday night odds and ends

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September 3, 2023

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Labor Day weekend in Santa Ana, California churches, 1920

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September 3, 2023

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Joe Manchin is 13 points behind Jim Justice in potential 2024 West Virginia U.S. Senate race

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September 2, 2023

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Cornel West is at 2% in a new <em>Wall Street Journal</em> poll

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September 2, 2023

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Historian Drew Gilpin Faust: “Education asks you to change”

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September 1, 2023

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Vivek Ramawsamy: “Ignorant”

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September 1, 2023

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Stanford and Cal in the ACC? It “all feels wrong.”

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September 1, 2023

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