I know Evan because he did a stint as a fellow at NR. We have not been in touch, so I am not claiming any insider information. I would just say that had I invited him to a Shabbat dinner and he said his faith made him feel uncomfortable accepting, I would have respected that and

The church from the movie "home alone" 1990 and today (some things don't change!)

This is literally the best book list that rewrites your brain for success.

All around this conflict, we are dealing with men who are the emotional equivalent of nine year olds

Getting rid of the filibuster is how you get a world where in congress passes laws one day and people are thrown in jail for mean tweets a week later, like in the UK. Which is why it was on Woodrow Wilson's wish list.

It’s weird because we have this treasure trove of accounts of just this movement dating back 500 years or so but that would involve reading, uh, history.

Said me and many in my friend groups. The "no Protestant cares about history" trope is a tired one. Thankfully, I appreciate dialoguing with Catholic, etc. friends who look at the same evidence yet come to different good-faith conclusions and are ok with that.

Still cannot get over how much this tweet sounds like a translation from Homer:

Having firm Protestant convictions ≠ infallibility The doctrine of common grace helps hugely when engaging in the public square. Sometimes Christians say and do wrong, and sometimes non-Christians say and do right. Ortlund is not on shaky ground here.

The most triggering part of this to me is that he's calling FDR a "great president."

“I was there, Gandalf. I was there three thousand years ago. I was there when I took out the current mortgage on Rivendell.”

I think this is basically right. Fuentes is an entertainer. Like Andrew Tate (though Fuentes is much smarter than Tate), or even Alex Jones to a degree, his persona is exaggerated and is probably largely fake. But he is naturally charismatic and funny. This is a significant part

A perennial American classic -- I feel like my 8-year-old history-loving self when I watch it

Remember the 29: fathers, men on their last trip before retirement, and young guys trying to pay for college. And remember the crew of the Anderson, the only ship that went back out from safe anchorage to look for the Fitzgerald.

“My uncle told me a strange thing, that you just purchased your first home. But he must be mistaken. That means you must be at least 60. 70? But you cannot be 80.” “87”

Michigan

Oh this movie’s gonna be bad bad, huh?