We’ve been to England so many times that it’s often difficult to square what we see while we’re there and what’s reported on the news, like the riots in Leeds and the protest marches in London. We did, however, experience a protest march last September that involved the prime minister of Bangladesh, who happened to be staying at our hotel (we had to enter and leave through a guarded gate and work our way through the crowds outside). Leslie Westall at The Critic Magazine takes a brief look on what has happened in communities like Leeds, and it’s not good.
Our federal security organizations failed rather spectacularly on July 13, when former President Trump was nearly killed. The problem is deeper than the head of the Secret Service more focused on ticking off boxes on the HR chart than on keeping candidates and the President safe. Michael Ard at Discourse consider the Secret Service and why it’s long overdue for major reforms.
At one time, do you know which academic institution was so well known for training for overseas missions that it was known as the “nursery for missionaries”? Brooks Buser at Desiring God tells the story.
More Good Reads
American Stuff
The Black fugitive who inspired Uncle Tom’s Cabin and the end of US slavery – Susanna Ashton at The Conversation.
Grant’s Last Battle: The Story of Ulysses S. Grant’s personal memoirs (with Chris Mackowski) – DAZ at American Civil War & UK History.
James Garfield’s Presidency Part 1: The Nomination – Sean Michael Chick at Emerging Civil War.
Olympics
Ghosts of Olympics past leave their mark in Paris – Hugh Schofield at BBC News.
Israel
A Very Perilous Window – Clarity with Micheal Oren.
Faith
Does God Care About How I Work? – Scot Bellavia at the Institute for Faith, Work, & Economics.
The Importance of Christian Biography – Nate Pickowicz at Tabletalk.
Fading with Age – Barbara at Stray Thoughts.
As a scholar, he’s charted the decline in religion. Now the church he pastors has closed its doors – Associated Press.
In Praise of Plodders – Nadya Williams at Mere Orthodoxy.
Culture
The Era of the Noble Lie – Bari Weiss at The Free Press.
Dolly Parton, Charley Pride, Willie Nelson: What I Learned about Happiness from Country Music – Timothy O’Malley at Church Life Journal.
Poetry
Imagine My Surprise – David Whyte.
Martia Ironica: Four War Poems – Adam Roberts at Adams Notebook.
“The Birthright,” poem by Walter de la Mare – Sally Thomas at Poems Ancient and Modern.
Making Love Out of Nothing at All – America’s Got Talent (created with AI)
Painting: Woman Reading, oil on canvas (1834) by Friedrich von Amerling (1803-1887), Museum of Fine Arts Budapest.
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