Welcome to your weekly round-up of ILYBYGTH-themed stories from around the interwebs. Thanks to everyone who sent in tips.
Nun in the huddle! Sister Jean and March Madness, at NYT. HT: DW.

My kind of Calvinism…
White evangelicalism—the church of the “slave state,” at Forbes. [Editor’s note: The original Forbes article was taken down as “way out of bounds,” but the text is still available at this new link. Thanks to alert reader for pointing it out.]
- How did white evangelical colleges shift toward racism in the North? At ILYBYGTH.
Don’t have your copy of Fundamentalist U yet?
- Now you can read a preview author interview at Inside Higher Ed.
- And you can put your name in for a free copy at Goodreads.
Campus cults and “passion plays:” “War on Cops” author Heather MacDonald talks with “What’s Happened to the University” author Frank Furedi at CJ.
What do college students think about free speech on campus? New poll numbers at KF.
What does Queen Betsy think? A tough interview at 60 Minutes.
- Her goofs listed at WaPo.
- Peter Greene thinks she’s not dumb, just evil. At Curmudgucation.
- Colbert rips her a new one: HT: MM
Creationist Ken Ham praises the Oklahoma university that welcomed his lecture—see his op-ed at KHB.
The view from Greenville: An instructor at Bob Jones U explains why he voted Trump, at HNN.
Dripping Wax: Professor Amy Wax suspended from teaching mandatory class after latest disparaging racial remarks. At IHE.
- Why we think Wax should have her say, from the ILYBYGTH archives.
Is the Museum of the Bible just an evangelical missionary outfit “masquerad[ing] as an educational institution”? That’s the charge at R&P.
- How does this story illustrate the dilemma of the fundamentalist intellectual? My two cents at ILYBYGTH.
Teacher pay and underpay: Check your state at Vox.
Students who walk out should be punished. So says Daniel Willingham. HT: XX
Too close for comfort? Ben Carson’s aide chummy with secretive religious charity, at the Guardian. HT: LC.
Dan Knauss
/ March 19, 2018Ladd’s article at Forbes about the racist core of Evangelicalism was very quickly censored, so your link to it gets a 404 now. You can find it and Forbes’ explanation to him at the Political Orphans site Ladd contributes to.
Adam Laats
/ March 19, 2018Thanks for pointing that out. I’ve added the new link now.