Saturday, April 13, 2024

Saturday Good Reads - April 13, 2024


This past week, The Free Press, under the editorship of Bari Weiss, passed 630,000 subscribers and became the largest site on Substack. In the opinion of this holder of a journalism degree, it’s one of the few publications practicing recognizable journalism left in the United States. (Also in the opinion of this holder of a journalism degree: Donald Trump is not the greatest threat to journalism; that dubious honor belongs to the news media itself.) Also making waves in the journalism world this week: Uri Berliner, senior business editor at NPR, explaining how the broadcaster lost America’s trust. 

I’ve followed the site posts of the Institute for Faith, Work, & Economics for some 14 years. It’s one of the leading sites exploring the subject of work and faith – and practicing faith in the workplace. One of its most prolific writers, but not the only one by far, was site founder Hugh Whelchel. Hugh died from complications of ALS on March 29. His colleague Jacqueline Isaacs honors what he accomplished.

 

Writer and writing coach Ann Kroeker knows a thing or two about writing and writers’ conferences, and she has a guide for how to get the most out of your next one – or your first one.

 

More Good Reads

 

Israel / Gaza

 

Why I Got a Gun – Matti Friedman at The Free Press.

 

Life and Culture

 

The Invention of Parenting – Holly Taylor Coolman at Church Life Journal.

 

The reckoning over puberty blockers has arrived – Leon Sapir at The Hill.

 

The Real Book About the “White Working Class” – Matt Taibbi at Racket News.

 

Writing and Literature

 

The 3 Best Writing Tips I’ve Gotten from Masters, and the Four Best Writing Tips I’ve Given – Peter Blauner at Writer’s Digest.

 

When a 24-Year-Old Ian Fleming Went to Moscow to Cover a “Show” Trial – Nicholas Shakespeare at Lithub.

 

Cormac McCarthy’s Border Trilogy – Joel Miller at Miller’s Book Review.

 

Faith

 

Christianity before Christendom – Stephen Presley at Law & Liberty. 

 

The Case for Holy Obstinacy – Trevin Wax at The Gospel Coalition.

 

Your elders will fail you – Bryan Schneider at Gentle Reformation.

 

Stewardship Is Not About Giftedness; It’s About Faithfulness – Michael Kelley at Forward Progress. 

 

Ukraine

 

Russia’s intensifying attacks have not demoralized Kharkiv – Julius Strauss at The Spectator.

 

News Media

 

Google Chrome’s massive changes threaten the open web – but users have little sympathy – Hamza Shaban at Yahoo Finance.

 

New York Times Bosses Seek to Quash Rebellion in the Newsroom – Alexandra Bruell at The Wall Street Journal.

 

The Reporter Fighting for America’s Free Press – Catherine Herridge’s statement to Congress via The Free Press.

 

Poetry

 

“The Literary Lady,” poem by Richard Brinsley Butler Sheridan – Sally Thomas at Poems Ancient and Modern.

 

American Stuff

 

Julian Assange Gave America the Ugly Truth – Rupa Subramanya at The Free Press.

 

British Stuff

 

The building that inspired Orwell – Charles Saumarez Smith at The Critic Magazine.

 

Kathy’s Song – Art Garfunkel


 

Painting: The Artist’s Wife, oil on canvas (1933) by Henry Lamb (1883-1960).

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