The Worst of the Iran War Is Probably Ahead All signs point to Trump opening the escalation door.

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The American War Obsession Is A Spiritual Sickness Why does war get the benefit of the doubt?

Despite all evidence of its ineffectiveness, war gets the benefit of the doubt. Why is that?

The Most Important Question Trump Supporters Can Ask What else are they lying to me about?

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I don't think anything else has accomplished this. Some of the other things that have been tried ("fascist" etc) don't even do any of those 3 things well, much less all of them

This "no kings" branding is excellent propaganda and I hope it becomes ubiquitous and sustaining. Finally an incredibly simple phrase that simultaneously a) identifies the threat, b) locates it inside the American tradition, and c) intuitively places the protestors on the side of patriotism.

I'm sure US military people are paying attention to the drone revolution but I can't help but think that if/when the US is in a major war there will be some early "British battleships off Malaya" scenarios.

Marking Native Borders: Indigenous Geography and American Empire in the Early Tennessee Country Amazon.com: Marking Native Borders: Indigenous Geography and American Empire in the Early Tennessee Country: 9780806195414: Kelley, Lucas P.: Libros

It's new book week for my colleague Lucas Kelley -- check it out! A fascinating study of how Native nations used borders to maintain sovereignty and resist white encroachment. Ask your local library to get it!

This is in the running for the most unconscious statement I've ever seen in my life. An astonishingly ironic and cutting conclusion to this article, and the reporters didn't have to say a thing.

Cheesy patriotism is good. And so is applied theology.

I'm looking for a home for a review essay of Timothy Egan's Fever in the Heartland, put in the context of the relevance of the 1920s Klan today, and popular history interacting with academic history. I'd rather not just put it on my substack. Any ideas?

I've showed two freshman classes the speech that got Eugene Debs arrested during WW1 and overall a majority of students thought it was right for him to go to prison for his speech! 😬 (seems relevant right now).

Is Evangelicalism Really A Political Movement At Its Heart? Beware exchanging one simplification for another

In which I resume my part in the evangelical definition wars.

I may not be interested in the evangelical definition wars, but the evangelical definition wars are interested in me. I accept my fate.