Here is a tase of reporter Kristen Gelineau's article at the Associated Press: MAE SOT, Thailand (AP) — Mohammed Taher clutched the lifeless body of his 2-year-old son and wept. Ever since his family’s food rations stopped arriving at their internment camp in Myanmar in April, the father had watched helplessly as his once-vibrant baby boy weakened, suffering from diarrhea and begging for food.

Part of my work at the Lumen Center here in Madison, Wisconsin frees me up to do some public lecturing and teaching. I am currently offering lectures as part of the Organization of American Historians (OAH) Distinguished Lectures Program, but I am also very open to creating a lecture on the Revolutionary-era that might fit the needs of your group, whether large or small.

This looks like a really interesting conference to be held November 15, 2025 in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Speakers include Patricia Limerick, Peter Colcanis, Susan Matt, Samuel Young, Kristy Nabhan-Warren, Paul Putz, Bradley Birzer, and Wilfred McClay. That is an eclectic mix of scholars! Here is some info from the website: The Lost Region Recovery Project Conference represents a pivotal moment for Midwestern studies.

Today The Atlantic website is filled with articles from its November 2025 issue on the 250th anniversary of the American Revolution. Here are some of the essays included: Jeffrey Goldberg, "The American Experiment" Caity Weaver, "What It Takes to Be a Revolutionary War Reenactor" Ken Burns, Sarah Botstein, and David Schmidt, "What We Learned Filming…

...Trump won the popular vote. While some have seen this as a worrying sign that people are voting for style over content, the reality may be even worse: they are voting against leftist style. This would mean that, in addition to the myriad of factors cited above, left setbacks throughout the West are also due in part to its rhetorical posture--to its insistence on clinging to a vocabulary of moral superiority that implies contempt for the very people it is trying to persuade.

We have now lived in downtown Madison for just about two months and are really enjoying it. Joy and I are settling into our work here at the Stephen & Laurel Brown Foundation (Joy as Director of Upper House Commons and me as a Lumen Center fellow). Here's the latest: Since our arrival we have been engaged in that time-worn Protestant practice of "church shopping." So far we have visited an Evangelical Free church, a non-denominational church, a Christian Reformed church, and an Anglican church.

Here is a taste of my piece, “The Christian Nationalist Rewriting American History.” Idaho pastor Douglas Wilson is having a moment. The 72-year-old Christian nationalist was recently t…

Is American evangelicalism a white people’s movement? In this episode, we are joined by Wheaton College professor Vincent Bacote to talk about the history of 20th-century Black Protestants wh…

Eric Metaxas, one of Donald Trump’s court evangelicals, had a message for his newsletter subscribers this morning: As you may know, for ten years now I’ve hosted a daily two-hour program…

[Andrew] Jackson had the affection of the people. Their ardor transcended any single issue. When his opponents mocked him as an unlettered would-be tyrant, a backwoods poseur whose acres were tille…

Podcaster (“The History of the Americans”) and Substack writer (“Just Spitballing!”) Jack Henneman writes, “It should be said up front that I am a retired corporate la…

Podcaster ("The History of the Americans") and Substack writer ("Just Spitballing!") Jack Henneman writes, "It should be said up front that I am a retired corporate lawyer and executive, not a historian. I am, however, the son of a professor of history, grew up in a house lined with history books, and have done my share of reading over the years." …

Jackson had the affection of the people. Their ardor transcended any single issue. When his opponents mocked him as an unlettered would-be tyrant, a backwoods poseur whose acres were tilled by slaves, the people declared him their tyrant, the hero who channeled their resentment and longings. Their swelling enthusiasm confirmed that perverse law of charismatic appeal that applied again and again in American history: the more Jackson appalled his critics, especially the "respectable" ones, the more attractive he became. Molly Worthen, Spellbound, 92.

Eric Metaxas, one of Donald Trump's court evangelicals, had a message for his newsletter subscribers this morning: As you may know, for ten years now I’ve hosted a daily two-hour program on the Salem Radio Network. Many of you have listened to me there. But my important announcement today is that for a number of reasons Salem has needed to eliminate some of their programs, and mine is among them.

Is American evangelicalism a white people's movement? In this episode, we are joined by Wheaton College professor Vincent Bacote to talk about the history of 20th-century Black Protestants who identified as "evangelical." Bacote is the co-creator and host of the new documentary titled "Black + Evangelical." Here's a teaser: Listen to the entire episode at: Apple Podcasts Stitcher…

In this episode we talk with Wesleyan University historian Joseph Slaughter, author of Faith in Markets: Christian Capitalism in Early America. He offers a new account of the interplay between religion and capitalism in early American history by focusing on 19th-century Protestant entrepreneurs and how they infused faith into their business and, in turn, how those businesses shaped our capitalist economy today.

Aaron Sheehan-Dean is Fred C. Frey Professor of History at Louisiana State University. This interview is based on his new book, Fighting with the Past: How Seventeenth-Century History Shaped the Am…

Here is a taste of my piece, “The Christian Nationalist Rewriting American History.” Idaho pastor Douglas Wilson is having a moment. The 72-year-old Christian nationalist was recently t…

Prophetic charisma called for two balancing acts at once. A prophet had to stand far enough from established institutions to attack them, but not so far away that the attacks missed their mark. Sec…

Idaho pastor Douglas Wilson is having a moment. The 72-year-old Christian nationalist was recently the subject of a CNN story. He just planted a church in Washington, D.C. The secretary of defense, Pe...

Prophetic charisma called for two balancing acts at once. A prophet had to stand far enough from established institutions to attack them, but not so far away that the attacks missed their mark. Second, this form of charisma meant speaking the language and citing the scriptures of the community's most venerable tradition while claiming to be the only one (or one of the few) who truly understood that tradition and submitted to it.

Here is a taste of my piece, "The Christian Nationalist Rewriting American History." Idaho pastor Douglas Wilson is having a moment. The 72-year-old Christian nationalist was recently the subject of a CNN story. He just planted a church in Washington, D.C. The secretary of defense, Pete Hegseth, is a disciple. In the age of Trump, Christian nationalists like Wilson, who once presided over a fringe wing of American evangelicalism, are 

A few things online that caught my attention this week: Gore Vidal was right George Washington’s bathtub Has baseball become disenchanted? Literature and the politics of charisma New York Cit…

Warren Cole Smith runs the blog Ministry Watch. His blog keeps Christians "more faithful, generous, and effective stewards of the resources God has entrusted to them." Ministry Watch is an "advocate for transparency, accountability, and the renewed credibility of Christian ministries." It is thus easy to see why Idaho pastor Doug Wilson's attempt to buy Christianity Today is a story right up Smith's ally.

A few things online that caught my attention this week: Gore Vidal was right George Washington's bathtub Has baseball become disenchanted? Literature and the politics of charisma New York City's hard hat riot Is Trump a fascist? Trump vs. History II featuring David Blight, Geraldo Cadava, Edward Ayers, and Molly Worthen Nostalgia is not only a right-wing political idea…