Louisa May Alcott is known for her works of fiction like Little Women, but she was also an essayist. Liz Rosenberg at Literary Hub writes about Alcott’s forgotten essays, including one long one about her work at a Civil War Hospital for wounded soldiers.
Our legacy news media seem bent on reaching a state of irrelevance. It took a week, but The New York Times finally addressed the story that it likely hoped was true but was nothing but Hamas propaganda – the supposed bombing of the Gaza hospital that never happened. Had it been true, it would have fit the media narrative perfectly and turned Israel into the equivalent of Hamas. However, I suppose we should be grateful that the Times owned up to it, finally. Many others didn't. And the new media keeps wringing its hand over the plummeting in trust by the American public.
We all believed anti-Semitism was the crime of the 20th century, but we had gotten beyond that. As it turns out, it’s alive and well in our elite universities, the news media (The New York Times hires a fan of Hitler as its freelance writer in Gaza), and Congress, including one of the representatives from St. Louis. Julia Duin at Get Religion writes about what Jews worldwide are experiencing right now, like it’s the 1930s all over again. Michael Oren at The Free Press says this isn't about Israel anti-Zionism; it's a war against the Jews.
More Good Reads
Faith
The Question Your Kids Shouldn’t Be Asking – Melisa Edgington at Your Mom Has a Blog.
Why Are People So Fascinated with ‘Lost” Books of the Bible? – Michael Kruger at Canon Fodder.
What Did You Plan to Be Hated For? – Rhys Laverty at The New Albion.
British Stuff
The curious priorities of the police – Sarah Phillimore and Twelve things more arrestable than calling for jihad – Ben Sixsmith – at The Spectator.
Why I joined the October Declaration – Toby Guise at The Critic Magazine.
Poetry
The Word – Jeffrey Essmann at Society of Classical Poets.
A poet converted by her own writing – Lynn Domina at The Christian Century.
Writing and Literature
Bookish Believers – Katelyn Ho at Story Warren.
Y’all Want to see a Death of the Author Body? – Lincoln Michel at Counter Craft.
Politics
What liberals still don’t get about Trump supporters – John MacArthur at The Spectator.
Culture
The Mortal Danger of ‘Yes-Buttery’ – Rod Dreher.
Qatar’s War for Young American Minds – Eli Lake at The Free Press.
Dear Eddy – Phil Craig at The Critic Magazine.
American Stuff
From Pony Express Hero to Civil War Casualty: Remembering Johnny Fry – Tonya McQuade at Emerging Civil War.
9 Civil War Movies with Glaring Historical Inaccuracies – Liamba Ngenda at Screen Rant.
Civil War Art: Veterans in the Fields – Sarah Kay Bierle at Emerging Civil War.
I Worship You – James KE
Painting: Woman Reading in an Interior, oil on canvas by Carl Vilhelm Holsoe (1863-1935).
1 comment:
Good read. Beautiful worship song. Thanks, Glynn.
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