James F. McGrath

Fred Clark mentioned Beyond Deconstruction, which is already out. He summarized it nicely with reference to 1 Thessalonians 5:21. patheos.com/blogs/slacktiv…

Trump Team Changed a Report to Hide How Bad DOGE Made Things trib.al/xVv31B2

Mike Johnson is wrong. The 1st Amendment doesn’t protect religion’s power over government—it protects us from government-imposed religion. The “wall of separation” exists to ensure everyone has freedom of conscience. That’s the real American principle. christianpost.com/news/mike-john…

Two PhD Studentships at Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, studying Floral and Faunal Materials and Objects from the 2nd Millennium BCE East Mediterranean jobs.ac.uk/job/DQX603/phd… jobs.ac.uk/job/DQX583/phd…

Lecturer / Senior Lecturer / Reader in Conservation of Buddhist Heritage at Courtauld Institute of Art, University of London jobs.ac.uk/job/DQX711/lec…

U.S. National Debt Soars Past $39 Trillion Amid Concerns Over Cost of Iran War time.com/article/2026/0…

Opinion: Lawmakers voted to put Plato and Augustine on a college entrance exam — then voted to eliminate programs where students study Plato and Augustine. indystar.com/story/opinion/…

Indiana's statehouse just signed two bills that cannot survive being read in the same sentence. The first: public universities must now accept the Classic Learning Test for admissions. The CLT draws its questions from classical texts. Plato. Augustine. Cicero. Shakespeare. The argument is that these works represent the intellectual foundation of Western civilization and self-government. The second: public colleges must eliminate programs deemed to produce "low earning" graduates. No carve-out for humanities. No protection for the programs where students actually read and wrestle with those classical authors the first bill just elevated. Fort Wayne's Redeemer Classical School sent a representative to the statehouse to champion the CLT. Their students read Homer and Euclid. Their graduates will now test into universities that are legally required to accept their scores and simultaneously required to shut down the departments built around the tradition those scores are supposed to measure. You cannot champion the classics as a signal of intellectual seriousness and then eliminate the classrooms that make the ideas real. That is not education reform. That is a credential without a curriculum.

Christian nationalism is arguably the dominant political force in Texas today, thanks, in part, to multimillion-dollar donations from two West Texas billionaires. newyorker.com/magazine/lette…

ICE is building a DNA database of political protesters npr.org/2026/03/18/nx-…

Senate passes bill requiring Ten Commandments, other historical documents in TN public schools wkrn.com/news/tennessee…

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US Ranks 23rd In Annual World Happiness Survey joemygod.com/2026/03/us-ran…

Polish archaeologists uncover ancient shipwreck trail in Libya tvpworld.com/92073481/100-m…

What lies under Istanbul? Hidden Byzantine structure beneath Molla Zeyrek Mosque turkiyetoday.com/culture/what-l…

If the idea is really to "introduce prayer and Christian teachings into public schools," then why not post The Beatitudes? "Blessed are the poor." "Blessed are the peacemakers." "The States Pushing for Ten Commandments Displays in Classrooms" nytimes.com/2026/03/19/us/…

Air Force Academy Prepares Ideological Overhaul, With Erika Kirk Bringing “Bold Christian Faith” theintercept.com/2026/03/19/air… via @theintercept

If those who wanted to limit voting to only the “right people” in the 1960s had succeeded, I would not be in the Senate today.

if you think LGBTQ people won’t enter the kingdom of god just wait until you learn what jesus says about rich people

A site in Samaria that I visited while researching John the Baptist (see Christmaker, p.146) is mentioned in this article about the intersection of archaeology and politics in the Holy Land. sojo.net/articles/opini…