A few things online that caught my attention this week:
Joseph Bottum reviews Mark Ribowsky, Hank: The Short Life and Long Country Road of Hank Williams
Amitai Etzioni on understanding Trump voters
Walter Johnson on race and capitalism
Native Americans were slaves too
Christianity Today book awards
Caleb McDaniel reviews Corey Brooks, Liberty Power: Antislavery Third Parties and the Transformation of American Politics
Washington Irving and Christmas in America
A renaissance of federalism?
The Electoral College and party politics
The foundry that cast the Liberty Bell is closing
Mitch Horowitz reviews Michael Lane, Surge of Piety: Norman Vincent Peale and the Remaking of American Religious Life
History teaches discernment