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Alex J. Harris
@harrisjalex
Attorney. Forbes 30 Under 30 for Law and Policy (2017). Homeschool + Harvard Law. Author of Do Hard Things. Key threads and links: https://t.co/MgRFgCQ5oI
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Jun 8, 2023 • 44 tweets • 8 min read
The response to Shiny Happy People, including the segment on the Joshua Generation, has been incredible, and a bit overwhelming.

After a few days to digest and process, it’s time for another thread. 🧵 To start, the primary focus has been and should remain on the incredibly brave IBLP survivors who shared their stories. In my TGC review, I talk about all the reasons people in the evangelical church might be tempted to look away—and why they should not: thegospelcoalition.org/article/shiny-…
May 22, 2023 • 8 tweets • 2 min read
Someone asked me what I read in the Bible that changed my views. It's a great question. It's also part of a larger conversation that doesn't lend itself to a Twitter exchange. But I'll share some preliminary thoughts and point to remarks I've made elsewhere. There are a number of passages of Scripture that have influenced my understanding of how believers should relate to politics and culture. Over the years, God has used them to challenge presuppositions, assumptions, and attitudes prevalent in myself and others.
May 18, 2023 • 17 tweets • 4 min read
I appear very briefly at the end of this trailer for Shiny Happy People, an Amazon docuseries about the Duggar family, Bill Gothard, and IBLP. I haven’t seen the documentary itself, but I do want to briefly explain why I participated and what I hope will come of it... 🧵 The producers approached me last year after reading something I’d written about the Joshua Generation, the influential concept in Christian homeschool circles that my generation would rise up to take America back for God. You can read more about that here:
May 4, 2022 • 21 tweets • 4 min read
There has been no shortage of hot takes on the leaked draft opinion in Dobbs, but enough people have privately asked me what I (as a recent SCOTUS clerk) think it all means that I decided it's worth a thread... Disclaimer: This will NOT be an analysis of the merits or implications of overturning Roe, over which people are understandably divided, but rather my perspective on what the leak means for the actual decision.
Jul 11, 2021 • 12 tweets • 4 min read
An intriguing piece by @michelleinbklyn on the decline of the Christian Right, with a special focus on the Joshua Generation: homeschooled kids, like me and my siblings, raised to take America back for Christ. nytimes.com/2021/07/09/opi… Goldberg highlights this quote from a former director of Generation Joshua (or GenJ, one of many Christian homeschool institutions tied to the Joshua Generation movement), but there are many others like it.
Jul 9, 2021 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
Can’t get over the amazing Zaila Avant-garde, the 13-year-old homeschooled girl who is a basketball phenom (a top-rated prospect who holds 3x Guinness world records) and just won the Scripps National Spelling Bee—the first African-American ever to do so! She’s incredible! Image Here she is winning the National spelling bee last night:
Mar 31, 2021 • 28 tweets • 7 min read
Interesting thread on Christian homeschooling by Yale sociologist @GorskiPhilip, who studies religion and politics. I have (far too many) thoughts as a K-12 homeschool grad, so here’s a thread. But I’m eager to hear from other grads on these topics. Gorski is right that themes of America as a Christian nation—or even a “chosen” nation, a new Israel—are commonplace in some (not all) popular homeschool curriculum. At its most extreme, this type of thinking reflects both bad theology and a dangerous political mix.
Jan 11, 2021 • 26 tweets • 6 min read
Members of the House have formally introduced a single article of impeachment against President Trump for "Incitement of Insurrection." As a Republican, conservative, and evangelical, but more importantly as an American, I fully support impeachment. A *long* thread: The horror and historic nature of Wednesday's events are only beginning to be understood. I have forced myself to watch the videos, to look at the photographs, to read and listen to the firsthand accounts. It is sickening. It could have been so, so much worse.
Jan 7, 2020 • 18 tweets • 4 min read
When I was 19, I snuck into Chuck Norris's house in the middle of the night (and lived to tell the tale). The full story: This was during the 2008 GOP primary. As first-time conservative, evangelical voters, my twin brother Brett and I got really excited about former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee, starting in 2007 when he was polling in the single digits, very little traction.