In our deep dive today: Trump’s effect on American Christianity.
· As President Trump recedes into history, has Trumpism emerged as a new religion? or have we exaggerated strong political opinions into worship?
And in Courage or Cringe: The Premier League vs BLM, Cuomo Brother Chaos, & Racist Mathematics.
· Is the appearance of Black footballers against BLM, an oddity or indicative of things to come?
· Do the Cuomo brothers owe us an apology for recent lacks of transparency, or do we owe them more understanding given the circumstances of COVID?
· And finally… Are geometry, algebra and trig, systemically racist, or have we applied social constructs to natural sciences?
Betraying Your Church—And Your Party
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2021/01/adam-kinzinger-voting-impeachment-christian/617848/ (https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2021/01/adam-kinzinger-voting-impeachment-christian/617848/)
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/11/us/how-white-evangelical-christians-fused-with-trump-extremism.html (https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/11/us/how-white-evangelical-christians-fused-with-trump-extremism.html)
Courage or Cringe:
Footballer Lyle Taylor labels BLM ‘Marxist’ group and refuses to take the kneehttps://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/1399981/Footballer-Lyle-Taylor-news-BLM-Marxist-group-take-the-knee-football-nottingham-latest-VN (https://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/1399981/Footballer-Lyle-Taylor-news-BLM-Marxist-group-take-the-knee-football-nottingham-latest-VN)
CNN's Cuomo Brothers 'Blunder' Comes Back to Haunt Network Amid Nursing Home Scandalhttps://www.cnn.com/2021/02/17/politics/cuomo-ron-kim-nursing-home/index.html (https://www.cnn.com/2021/02/17/politics/cuomo-ron-kim-nursing-home/index.html)
Oregon promotes teacher program that seeks to undo 'racism in mathematics'https://www.foxnews.com/us/oregon-education-math-white-supremacy (https://www.foxnews.com/us/oregon-education-math-white-supremacy)
Learn about Carter Woodson – The Father of Black History Month
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carter_G._Woodson (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carter_G._Woodson)
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