This past week marked the 250th anniversary of how the occupying British army suddenly evacuated Boston. On March 13, 1776, after having awakened to the shocking site of American cannon overlooking the city, The British started moving 9,000 troops, and a considerable number of Loyalists, to ships in the harbor. Kevin Pawlak at Emerging Revolutionary War Era, and Jonathan Horn at the Free Press, describe what happened.
It’s almost bewildering, and painful, for me to watch some of the craziness going on in Britain right no. Police officers arresting people for tweets. Grandmothers sent to prison for defending their country. A government packing the House of Lords with handpicked supporters. A church that seems in the final stages of disintegration. A prime minister whose answer to dissent and opposition is canceling elections. It’s a classic case of “gradually, then suddenly.” Lou Aguilar at The American Spectator discusses the fall of Britain – and the warning for America.
On March 12, I reviewed Call Out Coyote, the new poetry collection by Seth Wieck. It’s a wonderful collection. This week, Wieck was interviewed by writer Elizabeth Stice at Orange Blossom Ordinary (which I wonder if it’s a take-off on the old fiddler’s song, “Orange Blossom Special”).
More Good Reads
America 250
A Republic, NOT a Democracy – Bradley Birzer at The Imaginative Conservative.
The Boston Massacre – Keli Holt at Just Enough History.
A Venezuelan Connection – Nathan Provost at Emerging Revolutionary War Era.
Coup D’oeil: William Washington at the Battle of Cowpens – Lee McGee at Journal of the American Revolution.
The Boston Tea Party – Keli Holt at Just Enough History.
Life and Culture
I Regret Having Children vs. “I love being your mom” – Yuri Bezmenov at How to Subvert Subversion.
Writing and Literature
Selling Books During War – Terry Whalin at The Writing Life.
Literary Tools – Micah Mattix at Portico.
Iran
Beware the Dangerous Bedtime Story – Clarity with Michael Oren.
Poetry
“A Psalm of Life,” poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow – Joseph Bottum at Poems Ancient and Modern.
“In the Seven Woods,” poem by William Butler Yeats – Anthony Esolen at Word & Song.
Afterwords – Benjamin Myers at Plough.
Requiem, too – Sonja Benskin Mesher.
Operative words: On the career of Henri Coulette – Boris Dralyuk & Michael Caines at The New Criterion.
The Poet’s Vision – Ryan Wilson at New Verse Review.
Faith
Legacy Over Platform: Six Things That Will Outlast Your Sermons – John Kelly at New Churches.
Love Theme from Romeo and Juliet – Joslin & Henry Mancini
Painting: A man reading a letter, oil on canvas by Adriaen Van Ostade (1610-1685).
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