Tuesday’s News & Ideas - 2/24/2026
- Bible’s moral revolution
- Hegseth says Trump is ‘biblical’
- ‘Hymietown’ affair revisited
- Republicans’ Nazi problem
- Sagrada Familia reaches height
- Portraits of Ukrainians
One of the Bible’s greatest moral revolutions*
The New York Times: The Bible explicitly commands three loves. The first and second many modern Christians and Jews cite easily — love of God and love of one’s neighbor. The third, and most often overlooked, is love of the “sojourner.”
Hegseth frames Trump policies as ‘biblical’ in address to Christian broadcasters
Religion News Service: During an address at the National Religious Broadcasters convention, the defense secretary told attendees that President Donald Trump is fighting for their faith and returning America to its Christian foundations.
The ‘Hymietown’ affair degraded Black-Jewish relations. Jesse Jackson wasn’t the real culprit*
Forward: Conventional wisdom suggests Rev. Jesse Jackson’s infamous, unfortunate, off-the-record, 1984 “Hymietown” comment radically reshaped and further degraded Black-Jewish relations. It’s true. But not for the reasons that one might imagine.
The Republican Party has a Nazi problem*
The Atlantic: How did the GOP become a haven for slogans and ideas straight out of the Third Reich?
Barcelona’s Sagrada Familia reaches its maximum height after more than a century
The Associated Press: Barcelona’s towering Sagrada Familia basilica reached its maximum height on Friday, though the magnum opus of Catalan architect Antoni Gaudí remains years away from completion.
The Spark
Portraits of Ukrainians on the anniversary of Russia’s full-scale invasion
Ukrainians have now lived with four years of war. They have lost limbs, loved ones, livelihoods and homes, but not hope, The Associated Press says.
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