On the other hand, there are some writers who are truly writing well and growing as they go. I've found Richard Fernandez's work out of the Philippines/Australia to be amazing reading. On the internet, if you find someone whose writing you enjoy, you can get your fill of it pretty quickly, or savor the good writers over years. A new find of mine is Bill Whittle, whose blog site Eject!Eject!Eject! had been pointed out to me before. But one day someone linked to his writings, and I was dazzled. Today he's got a winner posted in National Review. The Undefended City comes with my highest recommendation. Included is a little riff on the political indoctrination that goes on under the guise of education. This is a small part of the article, but worth clipping.
I live a few miles from Santa Monica High School, in California. There, young men and women are taught that America is “a terrorist nation,” “one of the worst regimes in history,” that it’s twice-elected leader is “the son of the devil,” and dictator of this “fascist” country. Further, “patriotism” is taught by dragging an American flag across the classroom floor, because the nation’s truest patriots, as we should know by now, are those who are most able to despise it.
This is only high school, remember: in college things get much, much worse.
Two generations, now, are being raised on this poison, and the reason for that is this: the enemies of this (country) cannot come out and simply say, “Do not defend the (country).” Even the smartest among us can see that is simple treason. But they can say, “The (Country) is not worth defending.” So they say that, and they say that all the time and in as many different ways as they are able.
Read his essay on how civilizations fall, and what must be done.
Proverbs 5:15 - 19
Continuing Proverbs 5, an injunction against adultery:
Drink water from your own cistern,
running water from your own well.
Should your springs overflow in the streets,
your streams of water in the public squares?
Let them be yours alone,
never to be shared with strangers.
May your fountain be blessed,
and may you rejoice in the wife of your youth.
A loving doe, a graceful deer—
may her breasts satisfy you always,
may you ever be captivated by her love.
What a blessing when you manage to get that right. Too often we fail....
And last from the internet, a clip from Fox News. I realize it's a source that most democratically leaning folk would shun, but this is the best three minute distillation of what's happened on Wall Street, and may yet dog Main Street.
It's worth a watch unless anything with the Fox label is just too offensive to listen to and think about.
Photo is of Gail's quilt top as it left here, sort of. I tried to take the photo out doors, and it almost worked. Next time I'll take the time to get it right.
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