Some years back, KFUO-FM, the last classical radio channel in St. Louis, was sold by the Lutheran Church – Missouri Synod. It was a blow to classical music in the region. But it affected mostly our own metropolitan area. Recently, the BBC in Britain made a similar announcement. The BBC operates a number of different television and radio channels. The organization’s director general, Tim Davie, announced the termination of BBC Four, which carries music of a number of symphony orchestras in Britain as well as the Proms. And that may be the end of a major British institution.
Anika Prather and Angel Adams Parham have a new idea for education in the United States, one that focuses on all students but also highlights the Black experience in the United States. It’s classical Christian education – the same kind my grandsons are getting. (Prediction: the National Education Association and American Federation of Teachers will not be impressed.) Mere Orthodoxy has a review of the book.
I’ve added a new category for Good Reads, one I’ve entitled “Follow the Science!” The first two entries concern ruling paradigms that were upset – two in the same week. One concerns the long-held belief that depression resulted from a chemical imbalance in the brain. The other is about the accepted orthodoxy about plaque contributing to or causing Alzheimer’s. The first turns out to be wrong; the second may have been fabricated. See the story links below.
More Good Reads
Writing and Literature
On the Loneliness and Insecurity of Writing – Samuel D. James at Digital Liturgies.
A warning to professional writers who would lean on AI content tools – David Murray at Writing Boots.
Beowulf: A Horror Show – Eleanor Johnson at Public Books.
Faith
We Need More Holy Fools – Scott Hubbard at Desiring God.
From Vanity Fair to “Well Done” – Henry Anderson at The Cripplegate.
British Stuff
England’s New Conservative Superstar – Zoe Strimpel at Common Sense.
Life and Culture
Baseball – Millie Sweeney at Story Warren.
Dr. Rigby’s Ugly Cry – Daniel Ray at Front Porch Republic.
Dobbs vs. Roe: See How They Love One Another – Tara Ann Thieke at Front Porch Republic.
Follow the Science!
Blots on a Field? A neuroscience image sleuth finds signs of fabrication in scores of Alzheimer’s articles, threatening a reigning theory of the disease – Charles Piller at Science Magazine.
Scientists Find No Evidence That Depression Is Caused by “Chemical Imbalance” or Low Serotonin Levels – SciTechDaily.
Poetry
London in Those Times – Estill Pollock at The High Window.
Cordelia’s Choice – Brian Yapko at Society of Classical Poets.
Ukraine
Ukraine in Black and White: Recalling the moral clarity of Lillian Hellman’s The North Star – Timothy Jacobson at The Spectator.
Volodymyr Zelenskyy Presented the Sir Winston Churchill Leadership Award 2022 by Boris Johnson – International Churchill Centre.
I Once Wrote—and Spoke, and Thought—in Russian… No More – Volodymyr Rafeenko at Literary Hub.
News Media
The Future of the Daily Newspaper: As newspapers cut print editions, lines blur between dailies and weeklies – Greg Burns at Northwestern University’s Local News Initiative.
I Love You – RIOPY
Painting: An Old Man Reading, oil on canvas by Hendrick Bloemaert (1601-1672), Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest.
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