Timothy Snyder on the History Behind the Ukraine War
In his book, The Road to Unfreedom, Timothy Snyder intends to warn us about the threats to ‘freedom’ in America, Europe, and Russia. He reminds us that the war really…
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Give Us Barabbas
In exchanging Jesus for Barabbas, the people chose a practical terrorist over The One who did not seem likely to fulfill their political dreams any time soon. The big news…
If We Want to Celebrate National Emancipation, There’s a Better Alternative Than Juneteenth
…opposed to Radical Reconstruction.] Several other border states adopted their own emancipation rules. On December 6, 1865, the number of ratifications by states reached the required number, and on December…
Catholic ‘Integralism’ Reminds Me of Protestant ‘Reconstructionism’
…that thirty years ago I was rather involved in something called ‘Christian Reconstructionism’, which was similar in many ways, from a Calvinist point of view. I confess I don’t really…
Wherein I am Disappointed in My Political Guru, Francis Fukuyama
…the Civil War. Since the Reconstruction Amendments, including the one of 1868 I mentioned, no President or Congress has dared to defy the Supreme Court, no matter how bizarre the…
What Christian Reconstruction Gave Me
…a ‘covenant nation’. Rushdoony didn’t seem to think so. Some Reconstructionists – and non-Reconstructionists – believe it is. The one Religious Right issue I never got into was ‘prayers in…
The Politics, or a-Politics, of the Evangelical Church in the 1970s
…Reconstructionists, R. J. Rushdoony and Gary North. They seemed to have the easy answers that I wanted. So the Christian Reconstruction view dominated my life in my 30s, during which…
Michael Lind: Can You Restrict Immigration Without Alienating Recent Immigrants?
…states, like Virginia, North Carolina, Tennessee, and Texas, that had not gone for a Republican presidential candidate since Reconstruction. They resisted putting Catholicism and Judaism alongside Evangelical Protestantism, Liberal Protestantism,…
A Manifesto: Important Events That Shaped My Political Views – Howard Ahmanson
…second was my introduction to ‘Reconstructionism’ and my subsequent move beyond it. The third was my exposure to the writings of Francis Fukuyama. As a child, I attended Sunday School…
The Surprising Fruit of 9/11
Today is the eighth anniversary of the 9/11 attacks on New York City. In the U.S., the event seemed to me to have an effect on the results of the…