"It is hard not to imagine the eyes she was looking into, how Hodler looked back at her, and what relation was formed, or transformed, in the exchange."
@fanniebialek on a Swiss painting from a century ago helps us reflect on love over time
https://t.co/zjTdo85fXE
At exactly 2:22 a.m., on a random Monday morning in February 2025, God asked Ché Ahn to do the seemingly impossible: run for governor of California as a Republican.
Kimberly Winston on Ahn's gubernatorial mission.
https://t.co/Qps1sGpQT3
"Just as we have become a formidable demographic chunk of American society, the very principles of secularism that we cherish, and which serve to protect us, are being undone."
Phil Zuckerman on being secular in Trump's America
https://t.co/5GJPhPEuBF
Where does Candace Owens get her antisemitic conspiracy theories? Jay Michaelson explains their lineage, going back 500 years, in this video:
https://t.co/b9A59BGbby
Candace Owens frequently references obscure figures in Jewish history. Why is Owens fixated on these mostly-forgotten figures in Jewish history? How did she even find out about them?
@jaymichaelson discusses the origins of Owens's antisemitism
https://t.co/cZBFnyBsiF
"Susan Cheever pays a lot of attention to how her father cadged from the family for his stories, and in so doing blurred the line between life and fiction."
Rand Richards Cooper reviews Susan Cheever's new book on the life and work of her father.
https://t.co/l8usJmgg3b
Why is momentum building for startup liberal arts colleges now? How can they help us understand what education is for?
Matthew J. Smith on the quiet surge of alternative micro-colleges.
https://t.co/fVQXUmr7MG
Why has romantasy become such a powerful force in fiction?
Louise McCray suggests that the controversy over its explicit content misses the real issue: the genre's appeal lies in its vision of the self.
https://t.co/ENu6bDxE7X
When Lincoln was shot on April 14, 1865, which was both Good Friday and the fifth day of Passover, both Christian and Jewish religious leaders connected the tragedy to the tenth plague of Exodus. My latest in @ReligPolitics https://t.co/wZyIlQu9yb
Today, 11 Nissan — the Rebbe's birthday and Education Day, USA. This essay in @ReligPolitics by @Tamara__Mann is the best thing I've read on why that connection matters, and why it still does. https://t.co/S91SFG69zq
"During the Western Christian Holy Week of 2026, how might churchgoers reckon with menacing forms of Christian-ish Americana, from sea to shining sea?"
Amy Laura Hall on the TV shows that offer clearer views of American Christianity than any pundit:
https://t.co/YiHDueTc4O
"A sharp, vulnerable, and occasionally cranky spirit cuts through each chapter as the author sifts the viscera of pain."
Tom Gogola on author Darcey Steinke's new book "This Is the Door: The Body, Pain, and Faith"
https://t.co/65Q5o16yYG
On March 25, 1911, a fire at the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory killed 146 workers. More than a century later, a mother and her daughter commemorate the life of 14-year-old Katie Leone each year with a tribute in chalk.
https://t.co/13qdmAwf0D
“Forty years ago, 'Liam' was the kind of name American tongues stumbled over. Too Irish, too inconvenient.“
In this week of St. Patrick’s Day, the rise of the name “Liam” says something about belonging—and about who still gets marked as foreign.
https://t.co/HRFureVkN5
Is James Talarico the right man for a different moment? Have Democrats found a religious politics they can stomach?
On the Senate candidate who doesn’t fit in with MAGA Republicans—or with today’s Democrats:
https://t.co/DR41gy4Whn
Whatever happened to American Jewish liberalism?
Abe Silberstein discusses how American Jewish institutions are embracing parochial retreat just as democracy comes under siege.
https://t.co/mFoPXZXb6O