Aug 19, 2025 | 1619 Project, 1776 Commission, Abolition, American History, Civil Rights Movement, Civil War, Confederate Statues, Donald Trump, Executive Orders, Founder's Rhetoric, Fugitive Slave Act, Inherent Rights, Insurrection, January 6, 2021, Jim Crow, John C. Calhoun, Martin Luther King, Jr., Reconstruction, Second Ku Klux Klan, Slavery, Systemic Racism, Voting Rights, White Christian Nationalism, White Evangelical Racism |
by William Trollinger Below is an excerpt of an essay of mine that was published in the Summer, 2025 issue of New Directions for Adult and Continuing Education, an issue which is devoted to white Christian nationalism and education. A link to the complete article can...
Apr 25, 2025 | Apocalypticism, Chaos, David Barton, Donald Trump, Elon Musk, Evangelical Rhetoric, Executive Orders, Federal Workers, Judgment, Lance Wallnau, MAGA, Paul Dans, Political Rhetoric, Project 2025, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Robert Jeffress, Robert L. Ivie, Rodney Kennedy, Tariffs, Vaccination |
by Rodney Kennedy Rodney Kennedy has his M.Div from New Orleans Theological Seminary and his Ph.D. in Rhetoric from Louisiana State University. He pastored the First Baptist Church of Dayton (OH) – which is an American Baptist Church – for 13 years, after which...
Apr 14, 2025 | American Historical Association, American History, Department of Government Efficiency, Donald Trump, Executive Orders, Lincoln School Story, National Endowment for the Humanities, Ohio Humanities Council, Public Humanities |
by William Trollinger KKK members gather in Dayton, Ohio on July 24, 1923. Image via Dayton Metro Library. On April 03 the Department of Governmental Efficiency (DOGE) sent an email – from a nongovernmental email address (which meant that many of these emails ended up...
Feb 3, 2025 | 1619 Project, 1776 Commission, American Historical Association, American History, Black Reconstruction, Civil Rights Movement, Civil War, Communism, Constitution, Culture War, Donald Trump, Executive Orders, Fascism, History and Politics, Indoctrination, Jerry Davis, John C. Calhoun, Kevin Kruse, Reconstruction, Slavery |
by William Trollinger Last Wednesday the Trump Administration issued an executive order entitled “Ending Radical Indoctrination in K-12 Schooling,” which has as its goal to end “federal funding or support for illegal and discriminatory treatment and indoctrination in...
