Saturday Good Reads – April 4, 2026

King Charles III will not issue an Easter message this year, according to Buckingham Palace. He did, however, issue one for Ramadan. A sign of the times? In The Wall Steet Journal, Brit Louise Perry writes that Christendom is no more, and not just in Britain (article unlocked). Canada, for example, has a new hate crime bill which seems to target Christians. Some in Britain have noted that, while the Anglican church seems close to collapse, there is a revival underway. Rhys Laverty at The Critic Magazine says the reports of revival in Britain are not premature, but it’s a phenomenon mostly associated with evangelical and Catholic churches. 

We are assaulted with so much news these days that the temptation is to turn it off. All of it. And yet so much if it is accepted narrative masquerading as news. We slip into our respective siloes to make sense of it all. Joe Duke at Front Porch Republic argues that there’s a better way then listening only to echo chambers.

 

On Easter, Christians around the world celebrate the resurrection of Jesus Christ. Michael Kruger at Canon Fodder went looking for the best evidence of the resurrection.

 

More Good Reads

 

America 250

 

These 7 foreigners helped win the American Revolution – Claire Barrett at Military Times.

 

A Brief Introduction to the Slaving Empire of Henry Laurens – Greg Brooking and George Burkes at Journal of the American Revolution.

 

“Remember the Ladies” – 250 Years Later – Christ Mackowski at Emerging Revolutionary War Era.

 

Don’t Call Them Pirates – Jonathan Horn at The Free Press.

 

Bunker Hill and the Siege of Boston – Keli Holt at Just Enough History.

 

Life and Culture

 

The State of the Internet 2026 – Austin Gravley at Mere Orthodoxy.

 

American Diner Gothic – Robert Mariani at The New Atlantis.

 

American Stuff

 

Gratitude, Not Glory: Why Lincoln Rejected Triumph at Gettysburg – Andrew Lang at The Coolidge Review. 

 

Route 66: The Road of Endless Possibilities – Elena Scherr at Smithsonian Magazine.

 

Writing and Literature

 

Orwell, Lewis, and Us: What Contemporaries Share Without Seeing – Joel Miller at Miller’s Book Review.

 

British Stuff

 

The Tower of Old London – Spitalfields Life.

 

Poetry

 

“Far Over Misty Mountain Cold,” by J.R.R Tolkien – Andrew Henry at The Saxon Cross.

 

The fruit of laughter – poem by Amelia Friedline at Innocence Abroad.

 

His Mercy is More – Matt Boswell and Matt Papa

 

Illustration: A man reading a book, by David Teniers the Younger (1610-1690).