It’s not a story I ever expected to see in New York Magazine, a publication that no one would call one of those “crazy right-wing conspiracy theory” magazines. But there it was: “COVID Lockdowns Were a Giant Experiment. They were a Failure” by writers Joe Nocera and Bethany McLean.
Is the art world so consumed by politics that it’s hurting or even destroying itself? Pierre d’Alancaisez at The Critic Magazine says it’s eating itself, while Nina Power at Compact Magazine sees politics creating “The Fog of Art.”
A chorus of voices has been rising, saying that the United States cannot sustain a $33.5 trillion debt. Many are ridiculing the new Speaker of the House for tying aid to Israel to a reduction in federal spending, but, if nothing else, it’s a gesture toward addressing a federal budget that’s out of control. Someone’s going to get hurt, and the government, writes Lewis Andrews at The Spectator, is taking steps to take care of itself. I’m still trying to choke down the idea that last year’s Inflation Reduction Act is going to take the savings from negotiating drug prices to fund green energy projects.
More Good Reads
Writing and Literature
Two Cities: The Public and the Private – Igor Damous at Kirk Center.
The Oldest Bookstores in London: A Journey Through Literary History – Anglotopia.
Faith
A Letter to the Anxious Christian – Blake Long at Theology and Life.
The Spiritual Discipline of Sky: How the Heavens Shape a Heart – Scott Hubbard at Desiring God.
Fr. Calvin Robinson: A Profile in Courage – John Stonetreet and Kasey Leander at Breakpoint/Colson Center.
Art
Inland – artwork and poem by Sonja Benskin Mesher.
Illustrations for “A Diary of a Tree Standing on Its Head” – Jack Baumgartner at The School for the Transfer of Energy.
Life and Culture
Movies, Moral Revulsion, and a Post-Christian Age – Samuel James at Digital Liturgies.
Harvard’s Double Standard on Free Speech – John Tierney at City Journal.
Fritz Fanon, Oracle of Decolonization – Eli Lake at The Free Press.
Poetry
Notes for Esoteric Destinies and Unknowing and Unknown – poems by Paul Wittenberger at Paul’s Substack.
A declaration – David Mason at The New Criterion.
News Media
Note to Readers: On the Twitter Files Winning the Dao Prize and Dao Prize Acceptance Speech – Matt Taibbi at Racket News.
The Manufacture of the “Russian Bot” Panic – Susan Schmidt at The Free Press.
Praise You Anywhere – Brandon Lake
Illustration: Man Reading, soft-ground etching on laid paper by Philibert-Louis Debucourt (1755-1832) after Rembrandt van Rijn.
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