Media coverage of the school shooting in Nashville approached the bizarre. Major journalism institutions tripped over themselves trying to describe the shooter. Joshua Katz at New Criterion takes a look at how The New York Times twisted itself into knots in trying to explain who the shooter was.
Who would have thought it? A relatively low-budget film about the “Jesus freaks” in the late 1960s and early 1970s has outgrossed many of the Oscar-nominated films. Olivia Reingold at The Free Press reports on Hollywood’s Great Awakening.
The great hoax of the 20th century might have been Senator Joseph McCarthy’s assertion that communists had infiltrated the U.S. government in a flood. In “A Guide to Understanding the Hoax of the Century,” Jacob Siegel at Tablet Magazine says the 21st century already has a strong contender.
Publishers are actively at work on their backlists, editing potentially offensive language and scenes in the works of well-known authors. You may have heard about the changes to Roald Dah;’s books, but did you know that Agatha Christie is also undergoing the correctness knife? Rachel Hall at The Guardian has the story.
More Good Reads
Poetry
T. S. Eliot’s still point – James Matthew Wilson at New Criterion.
Promise: A Spring Poem – William Tryon at Society of Classical Poets.
Entry to Jerusalem – John Slater at Kingdom Poets (D.S. Martin).
Divine Poetry: Katherine Rundell Shines a Light on John Donne – Malcolm Borthwick at Literary Hub.
British Stuff
Bart’s at 900: The world’s oldest hospital celebrates its nonacentennial – Will Palin at The Critic Magazine.
Temple Bar: A Historic Boundary to the City – A London Inheritance.
Life and Culture
The humanities hit back: Science has ventured beyond its proper territory – Charlotte Stroud at The Critic Magazine.
Debates in England about free speech and religion veer into 'thoughtcrimes' zone – Terry Mattingly at Get Religion.
Lessons from My Father – Brian Miller at A South Roane Agrarian.
American Parenting and the Terror of Risk – Dixie Dillon Lane at Front Porch Republic.
Faith
An Unexpected Symbol – Greg Doles at Chasing Light.
Were Later Versions of Christianity Radically Different than Earlier Ones? Reflecting on Recent Scholarly Claims – Michael Kruger at Canon Fodder.
Writing and Literature
Behind the Scenes: Book Endorsements – Tim Challies.
The Ends of Worlds: Living with the Inevitable in Paul Kingsnorth’s Buckmaster Trilogy – Rhys Laverty at Mere Orthodoxy.
Ukraine
Why was the West so slow to see the real Vladimir Putin? – Robin Ashenden at The Spectator.
Demining Ukraine: Ukraine relies on agriculture–but nearly 40% of its fields have been sown with Russian landmines – Paul Kroeger at American Purpose.
William Tell Overture – Glen Campbell
Painting: Reading, oil on canvas by Jose Ferrz de Almeida Junior (1850-1899).
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