One of the turning points in British and Dutch history is the “Glorious Revolution” of 1688. It decisively influenced the development of Britain’s famously patchwork constitution, which remains until today. For the Dutch, it meant the forging of a military alliance with England against France, two Protestant commercial and naval powers united against Catholic absolutism….
Recently, while shopping at Cub Foods, I noticed shelves being stocked in the afternoon rather than the evening. The store was clearly short-staffed; the manager himself was stocking shelves. It was a symptom of something much more sinister. Since mid-December, Donald Trump’s Operation Metro Surge has placed up to 3,000 Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)…
Editor’s note: this opinion piece began as a letter to the editor. Many people are rightly condemning the Trump government’s blatant attempt to annex Greenland. Because it is a clear abrogation of international law and a refusal to respect the sovereign boundaries of existing nations, many nations are rightly fearful about their own future. Thankfully,…
As I write, we have just learned that Donald Trump has captured Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro and his wife, following several weeks in which American forces had been destroying seagoing vessels in the Caribbean on the pretext that they were shipping contraband drugs to the United States. This is the latest development for an administration…
How did we get to a place where citizens of the world’s leading democracy elected an anti-democratic government? That question is answered in colourful detail by Katherine Stewart in this new book. While the answer is not encouraging for those who care about good governance, it offers a deeper understanding of reality and some glimpses…
As a Christian living in the United States, in Texas specifically, sometimes I find that the Christians around me seem more concerned with empire than empathy. More concerned with fencing who belongs at the table than fostering love. What I see is white Christian Nationalists celebrating conquest and devaluing the compassionate care Jesus came to…
Christian nationalism is no longer just an abstract concept for academic debate. It is now shouted with pride by some political leaders, while other people live in fear of its real-life impacts for them. It rallies support from many Christians, while others are embarrassed to be associated with it, and a smaller number actively oppose…
The United States is neither poor nor weak. It doesn’t have to sell out its most treasured traditions, its longest-standing allies and its reputation as a generous, law-abiding and cooperative nation in order to put the screws to its own people, to its allies and to those who depend on it for survival. Cutting social…
As I write this at the end of February, science journals are full of the consequences of the Trump administration’s actions on science in the United States and elsewhere. With the pace of changes and the court cases launched, it is not clear what the situation will be when you read this, but whatever happens,…
I’m a bit of a newshound at the best of times (and by “best” I mean “most politically boring”), but now – largely thanks to the black hole of political chaos down south – I’ve been struggling to think about anything else for the past month and a half. I suspect a lot of you…
On February 2, the U.S. President made unfounded allegations that the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has “been run by a bunch of radical lunatics,” followed by Elon Musk stating falsely on his social platform ‘X’ that “USAID is a criminal organization.” These statements followed a January 20 Executive Order to pause all…
I ended yesterday’s reflections by suggesting that, for all its insidious, even hideous, qualities, Trump’s threat to absorb Canada also represents a gift. Let’s explore what this gift means in the context of this question: how can we as Christians, and as a country, respond with hope-filled, constructive and effective answers to this threat? To…
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