Friday Links
It’s that time again when my browser is overburdened with tabs.
Here are a few things that have been of interest to me, of late:
First, last week I waded into the intersection of Pop Culture (Katy Perry) and Early American History (the Illuminati!).
Some Friday Humor–The Founding Fathers are dropped into an American Mall.
Hot Chocolate as a truly American drink. This gives me great comfort as I’m downing hot chocolate in the midst of a Minnesota winter. It also brings to mind the spiced hot chocolate served at Colonial Williamsburg.
On a much more serious note, Rod Dreher wrote some provocative things.
First, on the distance between Dante and Duck Dynasty.
Then, a very searching reflection on the legacy of lynching in the South. Dreher asks what to think about the fact that lynchings happened in his very own parish in Louisiana.
Peter Lawler on the flaws of Scott Walker’s opinion of higher education.
On the griefs that made T.S. Eliot into a real poet.
Do you miss playing the Oregon Trail or Carmen Sandiego?
And, let’s not forget the obligatory Patriotism and Piety link.
