In 1978, Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn did the impossible – he gave a commencement address that was remembered for years afterward. Entitled “A World Split Apart,” the speech took both the Soviets and the West to task for what was happening in world culture. No surprise, but the American news media hated it – he pointed the finger at them as well as other Western institutions. Jeremy Kee at The Imaginative Conservative says there is still much we can learn from that speech.
John Klar at Front Porch Republic provides an updated version of the old story, “The City Mouse and the Country Mouse.” Unfortunately, it’s more than a just a story.
For years, Ryan Burge has been doing in-depth surveys and research into the state of religion in America. At his column on Substack, he provides a summary of four of the most dramatic shifts in the past 50 years. The most significant: the collapse of the Protestant mainline denominations.
There’s a story unfolding in New Orleans that most of the news media knows about but is looking the other way. It’s Missouri v. Biden, in which several states sued the federal government over claims of censorship of social media – with social media’s assistance. Matt Taibbi at Racket News has two stories: “In Landmark Censorship Case, Judges Grill the Feds” and “’F-Bomb This’: The Biden Administration’s Brutal Censorship Faceplant.” You would think that this kind of censorship case, which began with Missouri’s Solicitor General, might be covered by the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. And you would be wrong.
More Good Reads
American Stuff
CSS Alabama Opens 1863 with a Bang: Part 1 and Part 2 – Dwight Hughes at Emerging Civil War.
Disney used to hate gambling. Now it’s doing a $2 billion sports betting deal – Peter Kafka at Vox.
A Contemporary Reaction to the Massacre at Fort William Henry, August 10, 1757 – Emerging Revolutionary War Era.
Writing and Literature
How Scientific and Technological Breakthroughs Created a New Kind of Fiction – Joshua Glenn at Literary Hub.
The Faith of Men of Letters – George Panichas at The Imaginative Conservative.
A Scrappy Defense of the Novel – John Wilson at Prifrock.
COVID-19
Anthony Fauci’s Deceptions – David Zweig at The Free Press.
Poetry
Four Love Poems – James Tweedie at Society of Classical Poets.
Sun and moon – Kathleen at The Course of Our Seasons.
News Media
Jen Psaki’s MSNBC propaganda hour – The American Spectator.
Faith
My Coldest Night and Warmest Truth – Michaela Challies.
The World’s Easiest Theological Question – Michael Kruger at Canon Fodder.
Where Have All the Theologians Gone? – Mark Jones at Reformation 21.
British Stuff
George Cruikshank’s London Summer – Spitalfields Life.
Simple Gifts – Gloriae Dei Cantores
Painting: Seated Boy, or Poor Student – Victor Manzano (1831-1865).
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