This past week, we watched the movie Pressure (2206), about the final 72 hours of the run-up to the D. Day invasion in World War II. The top three stars are Brendan Fraser as Dwight Eisenhower, Damian Lewis as a rather nasty Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery, and Andrew Scott in an incredible performance as British meteorologist James Stagg. It is Stagg who must determine if the weather allows a go or no-go for the invasion. It’s riveting. History Extra has a podcast on the true story behind the movie.
Historians (and everybody else) will likely argue until Doomsday about the role the Christian faith played in the founding of the United States. But the U.S. Constitution was itself based on several state constitutions, which were based on various Puritan covenants, which were based on the Bible. Jerry Newcombe at the Institute for Faith, Work, & Economics explains the importance of the first English Bible printed in the United States.
We know that C.S. Lewis’s Anglican faith helped shape the writing of The Chronicles of Narnia. But what about J.R.R. Tolkien and The Lord of the Rings? D.J. Taylor at Literary Hub explains how it was Tolkien’s Catholic faith that shaped not only LOTR but all of his writings.
More Good Reads
America 250
Hessian Origins of the Headless Horseman – Evan Portman at Emerging Revolutionary War Era.
Atlas of Independence now available in audio – Chris Mackowski at Emerging Revolutionary War Era.
How Three Powers Became Three Branches – Charles Lincoln at Journal of the American Revolution.
Life and Culture
NYC public schools deceived me into thinking my son was a straight-A math student. But he can’t do fractions, basic algebra – David Spector at the New York Post.
News Media
The Victorian Origins of Investigative Journalism – Stephen Donovan and Matthew Rubery at History Today.
A Daring Suggestion for Netflix – Tim Challies.
Writing and Literature
On Longsuffering – Jacob Adkins at Front Porch Republic.
How J.R.R. Tolkien’s Strong Catholic Faith Influenced His Writing – D.J. Taylor at Literary Hub.
Magic in Middle-Earth – Joseph Pearce at The Imaginative Conservative.
The Inconstant Reader – Jeffrey Streter at English Republic of Letters.
British Stuff
Charles Dickens’ writing chalet among UK landmarks at risk of being lost – Emily Beament at The Independent.
Israel
The End of an Era – Michael Oren at Clarity.
Poetry
“Low Tide,” poem by Sara Teasdale – Sally Thomas at Poems Ancient and Modern.
Love’s Fine Wit: A Reading of Shakespeare’s Sonnet 23 – K.S. Bernstein at Apple Blossoms in a Mournful Wood.
Duc in Altum – poem by Cody Ilardo at Power & Glory.
Federal Prison Spontaneous Worship Moment – Lizzie Morgan
Painting: Woman Reading, oil on canvas by Mary Cassatt (1844-1926).
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