It seems that history, like virtually everything else, has become weaponized in contemporary political battles. And it gets tiresome, to the point I get really cranky with people trying to use history to score points. All they really do is display their own ignorance (or lack of understanding, to be charitable). Ok, short rant over.
I’ve been spending considerable time reading about the Civil War. It ended 157 years ago, but we’re still living its impact. That war transformed everything in America. Miles Smith IV at Real Clear History describes how we continue to undervalue its magnitude.
The “Greatest Generation” lived through the Great Depression and fought a world war that not only profoundly shaped their lives but also the lives of their children – the Baby Boom. Michael Auslin at The Spectator considers that World War II is now fading from historical memory.
Randy Alcorn has been caring for his wife, who recently died from colon cancer. At Desiring God, he tells the story of his wife’s last years, and asks a question. Can cancer be God’s servant?
More Good Reads
Faith
Why Study Church History? – Jon Payne at Ligonier Ministries.
We Need More Good Christian YouTube Content – Chris Martin at Terms of Service.
Does the Future Have a Church? – Matthew Hosier at Think Theology.
Ukraine
Ukraine is becoming a showroom for modern weaponry – Mark Galeotti at The Spectator.
The Slavic Battle of the Books – John Rodden at American Purpose.
How Russia's humiliating defeat in Kherson came to be – Illia Ponomarenko at Kyiv Independent.
Poetry
Autumn Trail – Dan Tuton at Society of Classical Poets.
Sudden Heaven – Ruth Pitter at Kingdom Poets (D.S. Martin).
Two Poems by Du Fu – Literary Hub.
Writing and Literature
Through the Looking Glass of Early Reading – Elizabeth Russell at Story Warren.
Stories for a Lifetime – Millie Sweeney at Story Warren.
I Remember All Too Well: Taylor Swift and Joe Brainard – JoAnna Novak at The Paris Review on writing in the present tense.
News Media
Media narrative of US election: Bad news for Trump, GOP – David Bauder at Associated Press.
Life and Culture
The Media-Friendly Sins of Other People – Jeff Bilbro at Plough.
Democracy Isn’t a Worldview: Politics Can’t Answer Our Deepest Questions – John Stonestreet & Shane Morris at Breakpoint.
When Partisans Cry Wolf and A Dispatch from the Exhausted – Katherine Epstein at American Purpose.
Art
How Does a Work of Art Become Great? – Andrew Wilson at Think Theology.
Way Maker (in Hebrew, Arabic & English (Worship by Jews and Arabs)
Painting: Portrait of Emile Zola (1868), oil on canvas by Edouard Manet (1832-1883).
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