We just returned from three weeks in England, and it was overall an enjoyable trip, with both highlights and a couple of disappointments. But a pleasant surprise was to find a post by A London Inheritance, a blog I’ve followed for some years. This post featured the Blue Coat School on Caxton Street in Westminster, roughly 50 yards from our hotel. It’s all about the school and when it started, and the neighborhood it’s been part of for more than 300 years.
It was rather startling to watch a video of former Senator and presidential candidate John Kerry speaking at Davos, disparaging the First Amendment for how it gets in the way of the experts trying to save us from ourselves (my words, not his). Andrew Napolitano at Consortium News provides a brief overview of the freedom of speech – where it came from and why it’s important. (And John Kerry should know better.)
One of the fastest-growing genres of music is – surprise – contemporary Christian. Brett McCracken at The Gospel Coalition takes a look at why.
More Good Reads
Hurricane Helene
Mules to the Rescue in North Carolina's Blue Ridge - Brian Swartz at Emerging Civil War.
British Stuff
Cruikshank at the Tower of London – Spitalfields Life.
Israel
Mr. Biden, This is How You Defend Israel – Douglas Murray at The Free Press on the 1975 speech by Daniel Patrick Moynihan,
The Killing of Nasrallah – and the Virtue of Escalation and Let Israel Win the War Iran Started – Eli Lake at The Free Press.
Life and Culture
Don ‘t bet on green energy – Debra Lieberman and John Constable at The Critic Magazine.
The Tyranny of the Present Moment – Glenn Arbery at The Imaginative Conservative.
Writing and Literature
Morgoth’s Realm in the Far North: The Lost History of Middle-Earth, Part 4 – The Saxon Cross.
The Songs of Power: Hearing God’s Music in Middle-Earth – Clinton Manley at Desiring God.
Was Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde Inspired by a Real Murder Case? – Olivia Rutigliano at CrimeReads.
American Stuff
Rescue the Republic: My Speech in Washington – Matt Taibbi at Racket News.
Why Don’t the People Have a Hammer? Maybe We Do – Walter Kirn’s speech at Rescue the Republic.
Faith
A Wide Place – Seth Lewis.
Poetry
“When the First is on the Punkin,” poem by James Whitcomb Riley – Joseph Bottum at Poems Ancient and Modern.
Night in the Mountains – poem by David Whyte.
Rise My Soul, the Lord Had Risen – The Village Chapel
Illustration: The Book of the Queen, parchment manuscript (ca. 1410-1414) depicting Christine de Pizan (1364-1430).
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