Essay The Seen, the Unseen, and the ForgottenWith mobile phones and social media, everybody everywhere can watch the horrors of Vladimir Putin’s savagery up close in real…James BrattApril 6, 2022
Essay 1922Let’s jump back a century and see what 1922 had to offer by way of events and auguries.James BrattJanuary 1, 2022
Essay The Good Soldier: The Tragedy of Colin PowellColin Powell was honored by a memorial service last Friday. Still, as the headline put it, Powell was a “trailblazing…James BrattNovember 8, 2021
Essay Afghanistan: A 9/11 PostmortemThe war’s brutal conduct and attendant corruption quickly discredited the American cause in the eyes of Afghans in the countryside.James BrattSeptember 13, 2021
Essay Civil Religion, Democracy, and Every Square Inch (again)A Response to Daniel Meeter Daniel:As I said in the Comments on the day you posted it, I really appreciate…James BrattJanuary 28, 2021
Essay The Guns of AugustIt’s August that really should be named January, after the two-faced god. The month can come on like a blast-furnace,…James BrattAugust 8, 2019
Essay 1969All the talk last week about the 50th anniversary of the first moon landing made me wonder what other semi-centennials…James BrattJuly 25, 2019
Essay A Model of Christian CharityA couple posts ago I reflected on the possibilities of a progressive civil religion. Last time, on key moments in…James BrattJuly 11, 2019
Essay FDR’s Religion: MilestonesThe book I recently completed on the religion of Franklin Roosevelt is coming out soon, and the publisher wants some…James BrattJune 27, 2019
Essay A Progressive Civil Religion?It was an unusual Easter sermon, to say the least. At least unusual for this well-trained CRC boy. We were…James BrattJune 13, 2019