Weekend Links 6-26-20

Congratulations on making it through another week. The best news of the week was the announcement that Major League Baseball will return July 23 or July 24. They will play only 60 games instead of the normal 162 game season so there's an excellent chance that crazy things will happen. Bring it on. In the meantime, here are a few things that caught my eye this week.

Marvin Olasky reminds us that while we have been missing baseball we have been missing the best of games.

A profile of the widely prolific author of the Perry Mason novels, Erle Stanley Gardner.  I have read a couple of these books and have found them to be very enjoyable. On a related note, what Perry Mason taught us about the criminal justice system. 

Strange, but true: the U. S. Government developed a plan during the Cold War for nuking the moon. 

Most of us are being bombarded with notifications these days. The best thing to do is turn off the notifications and read a good book. 

Revisiting the creators of classic crime fiction. On a related note, I just finished Josephine Tey's The Daughter of Time and it was excellent. 

Long read of the week: how one man created the world's largest virtual pub quiz. 

Video of the week:

Give credit where credit is due: this video published by the Kansas City Royals is just perfect. The narrator is Bob Kendrick who is president of the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum in Kansas City. Just the message we need to hear in these difficult times.

Together, we’re always stronger.

Together, we’re #AlwaysRoyal. pic.twitter.com/HWyDpUP4bb

— Kansas City Royals (@Royals) June 24, 2020