The Smithsonian, the State, and the Spirit of Freedom

SCOTUS Declares Trump Not "Overtly" Racist

26 de Junho de 2026

This week, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld President Trump’s order to remove Temporary Protected Status from hundreds of thousands of Haitian and Syrian immigrants. The lead opinion, written by Justice Alito, declared that Trump’s derogatory language about these groups (“they’re eating the pets”) and…

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The Mainstreaming of Doug Wilson, Self-Described Christian Deceiver

10 de Julho de 2026

This week, we reflect on the anticlimactic America250 celebrations in Washington, DC, and around the country. We also talked about the tragic, suspicious death of African American 18-year-old Nolan Xavier Wells, whose body was found after he disappeared during a boat trip with a group of white frie…

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TCU+Live: Your Questions on Religion and Politics Answered

6 de Junho de 2026

Because it’s the first week of the month, this week’s Convocation Unscripted episode was live. We talked about the latest happenings in the world of religion and politics: the drastic narrowing of officially recognized religions within the Department of Defense, the further politicization of the ci…

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Listening to the Testimony of Women and Black Americans in the Church and the Country

19 de Junho de 2026

This week, the Convocation Unscripted team talk about the implications of the silencing of women’s voices in the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) and the erasure of women’s voices in the New Testament. On the even of Juneteenth, we also discuss the importance of embracing Juneteenth as our newest …

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