Tim Alberta

1 month ago | yahoo.com | Tim Alberta

Right around the time that Donald Trump was arriving at the U.S. Capitol to address a joint session of Congress—the longest such speech, it would turn out, in the history of the presidency—Elissa Slotkin, the newly elected Michigan senator tasked with delivering the Democratic Party’s rebuttal, was telling me all the things she wouldn’t be talking about.

Nov 26, 2024 | christiancentury.org | Randall Balmer |David P. Gushee |Tim Alberta |Mac Loftin

What more can we say about evangelicalism? This is the perennial question for religious scholars of the past decade. While the answer may very well be “not much,” evangelicals continue to give historians, scholars, and public commentators ample source material for the next book. Indeed, an incredible number of commentaries, histories, and analyses of American evangelicalism were released in 2023.

Nov 3, 2024 | rsn.org | Tim Alberta

“What’s discipline got to do with winning?”At the end of June, in the afterglow of a debate performance that would ultimately prompt President Joe Biden to end his campaign for reelection, Donald Trump startled his aides by announcing that he’d come up with a new nickname for his opponent. “The guy’s a retard. He’s retarded.

Nov 2, 2024 | theatlantic.com | Tim Alberta

To support The Atlantic’s journalism, please consider subscribing today. At the end of June, in the afterglow of a debate performance that would ultimately prompt President Joe Biden to end his campaign for reelection, Donald Trump startled his aides by announcing that he’d come up with a new nickname for his opponent. “The guy’s a retard. He’s retarded.

Sep 20, 2024 | ministrywatch.com | Bobby Ross |Tim Alberta |Daniel Silliman |Warren Smith

It is not hard to find evidence for the conclusion that journalism is dead. A 2021 Gallup Poll said that just 21 percent of Americans had a “great deal” or “quite a lot” of confidence in newspapers. For TV journalism, the number was even worse: 16 percent. Of the 16 institutions Gallup asked about, only the U.S. Congress had lower scores. But is real journalism dead, or has it just been drowned out?