A few years ago, I started working on a book about the first several presidents and their faith. As a professional historian and a Christian, the intersection of these two topics intrigued me. Many historians say the Founders were a bunch of Deists who were not that interested in Jesus. Many evangelicals say most of […]
Why I Wrote “Presidential Character” and What I Learned Read More »
Advice for students starting college in the fall? Don’t be afraid. Sure, there are plenty of stories of students who have crashed and burned, but that doesn’t have to be you. When you get there in the fall, the first week will seem overwhelming because you will go to all of your classes and hear
College, Sci-Fi, and Presidential Trivia Read More »
Is it time for Rick Santorum to drop out? Maybe he should. He hasn’t been able to build on his success in Iowa. Florida was supposed to be a microcosm of America for Republicans, and Santorum was buried in third place. Meanwhile, he has an extremely ill child, which has brought a little sympathy for
Odds, Ends, Etceteras, and So Forths Read More »
You know what would be really cool? It’d be really cool if Russ Taff and Jon Gibson made an album together. But another thing that would be cool would be if we had term limits for Congress. We used to have a tradition in this country that Presidents would serve no more than two terms.
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No one who’s President (or close to it) is above criticism. Even titans like George Washington and Thomas Jefferson got ripped in the media by a journalist named James Callender (it was Callender who broke the story about Thomas Jefferson allegedly fathering several children by one of his slaves, Sally Hemmings). Given that this is
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