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Historian at Messiah University and Lumen Center (Madison, WI). Author of 6 books. Blogger and podcaster at The Way of Improvement Leads Home. #LGM #Bruuuuuce!

Tonight on the PBS NewsHour For those who have asked, parts of my interview with Judy Woodruff will appear tonight, Wednesday, June 10, on the PBS NewsHour. I have no idea how this feature turned out or how much of the interview they used. Check your local listings to watch. The NewsHour usually…

Historian Bob Elder’s Gordon Wood story Historian Gordon Wood died yesterday at the age of 92 after being struck by a motorist in Providence, Rhode Island. The tributes are rolling in, but Baylor University historian Robert Elder's Gordon Wood story is going to be hard to top. Here is what Elder…

Early social media responses to the death of historian Gordon Wood One of the United States's greatest historians of the American Revolution has died. How are people responding?" Historian Joseph Ellis: Law professor Cass Sunstein: Former head of the National Constitution Center Jeffrey Rosen:…

Evangelical roundup for June 9, 2026 What is happening today at the intersection of Evangelicalism and politics?: Jackson Lahmeyer (pictured above), the founder of Pastors for Trump, is running for a congressional seat from Oklahoma. *** Lance Wallnau has thoughts on the performing artists who…

Evangelical roundup for June 10, 2026 What is happening today at the intersection of Evangelicalism and politics? Evangelicals in Brazil's Workers' Party are trying to get more of their fellow believers to back the party's commitment to social programs, healthcare initiatives, worker solidarity,…

Gordon Wood, RIP A giant of the historical profession has died. Here is GO LOCAL PROVIDENCE: On Sunday, one of Rhode Island’s most accomplished writers and historians, Gordon Wood, was hit and killed by a motorist. He was 92. Wood won the 1993 Pulitzer Prize. Wood was one of America’s most…

Evangelical roundup for June 8, 2026 What is happening today at the intersection of Evangelicalism and politics? Are evangelicals turning away from Trump? *** Tony Perkins thinks Pride Month is on the decline in America. *** An evangelical pastor from Maryland: "America needs Christians who are…

Sunday night odds and ends A few things online that caught my attention this week: Two types of anti-woke intellectuals Ross Douthat at Pope Leo's AI encyclical Michael Kazin: The left needs ideas Where is "the Cloud" and what's in it? Sarah Bhatia reviews Lois Romano, An Inconvenient Widow: The…

For those who have asked, parts of my interview with Judy Woodruff will appear tonight, Wednesday, June 10, on the PBS NewsHour. I have no idea how this feature turned out or how much of the interview they used. Check your local listings to watch. The NewsHour usually airs at 6:00pm in all U.S. time zones.

Historian Gordon Wood died yesterday at the age of 92 after being struck by a motorist in Providence, Rhode Island. The tributes are rolling in, but Baylor University historian Robert Elder's Gordon Wood story is going to be hard to top. Here is what Elder wrote yesterday on X: I never met Gordon Wood, but I have a story about him. In one of my grad school seminars, we read Wood’s Creation of the American Republic. The sheer erudition and evidentiary depth of the book bowled me over.

One of the United States's greatest historians of the American Revolution has died. How are people responding?" Historian Joseph Ellis: Law professor Cass Sunstein: Former head of the National Constitution Center Jeffrey Rosen: Mount Vernon CEO Douglas Bradburn: Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Annette Gordon-Reed: Politician Vivek Ramaswamy: Historian Kate Jewell: Historian Scott Sandage: Historian Jack Rakove: Historian Andrew Wehrman: Pulitzer Prize-winning historian T.J. Stiles: Historians J.L. Bell and Larry Cebula: Legal historian Mary Dudziak: …

Historian Gordon Wood died yesterday at the age of 92 after being struck by a motorist in Providence, Rhode Island. The tributes are rolling in, but Baylor University historian Robert Elder’s…

What is happening today at the intersection of Evangelicalism and politics?: Jackson Lahmeyer (pictured above), the founder of Pastors for Trump, is running for a congressional seat from Oklahoma. *** Lance Wallnau has thoughts on the performing artists who backed out of Trump's "Great American State Fair" event scheduled for later this month: *** Was Charlie Kirk Catholic? Disgraced Trump election fraud lawyer Jenna Ellis says no: *** White supremacist evangelical pastor Joel Webbon on white juries: *** "Under Seige" or the Sermon on the Mount?: …

A giant of the historical profession has died. Here is GO LOCAL PROVIDENCE: On Sunday, one of Rhode Island’s most accomplished writers and historians, Gordon Wood, was hit and killed by a motorist. He was 92. Wood won the 1993 Pulitzer Prize. Wood was one of America’s most accomplished scholars on the American Revolution — he won the 1993 Pulitzer Prize for History for his work The Radicalism of the American Revolution. In 2010, he was awarded the National Humanities Medal. He was the Alva O. Way University Professor and Professor of History Emeritus at Brown University.

What is happening today at the intersection of Evangelicalism and politics? Evangelicals in Brazil's Workers' Party are trying to get more of their fellow believers to back the party's commitment to social programs, healthcare initiatives, worker solidarity, social justice, and care for the vulnerable. More here. *** Bonnie Kristian, the deputy editor of Christianity Today, on Texas Senate candidate James Talariro. A taste: All that is before we get to the most contentious ethical debates of our moment. Among many other comments, Talarico has implied Mary could’ve aborted Jesus, …

A few things online that caught my attention this week: Two types of anti-woke intellectuals Ross Douthat at Pope Leo's AI encyclical Michael Kazin: The left needs ideas Where is "the Cloud" and what's in it? Sarah Bhatia reviews Lois Romano, An Inconvenient Widow: The Torment, Trial, and Triumph of Mary Todd Lincoln Our 18th-century institutions were not made for 21st-century technology. Will Harrison reviews A.M. Gittlitz’s Metropolitans: New York Baseball, Class Struggle, and the People’s Team A rare broadside of the Declaration of Independence What happened to the…

What is happening today at the intersection of Evangelicalism and politics? Are evangelicals turning away from Trump? *** Tony Perkins thinks Pride Month is on the decline in America. *** An evangelical pastor from Maryland: "America needs Christians who are more passionate about winning souls than winning elections, more vocal about Jesus Christ than a political figure and bolder in sharing the Gospel than in sharing our political opinions and commentary." *** A Christian Zionist on why evangelicals must turn their backs on Israel. *** World Vision joins the World Council of Churches and other organizations in the…