James Vanden Bosch, professor of English at Calvin College is substituting today for Jennifer Holberg. Thanks, Jim! “We had fed…
James Vanden BoschDecember 19, 2012
I’m struggling to find words today. I’m tempted to just re-post my piece “Herod’s Long Shadow” from a year ago. And…
Jessica BrattDecember 17, 2012
I would like to be writing a review of the new movie The Hobbit, but I haven’t seen it yet.…
Debra RienstraDecember 15, 2012
I'm not unaccustomed to traveling, but yesterday, like a thousand times before, I came up on a huge strip of…
James C. SchaapDecember 13, 2012
Just to be clear, beer and gasoline is not what this post is about, although they do make an appearance…
Thomas GoodhartDecember 13, 2012
That's the title that the rising spoken word artist, Suli Breaks, gave his piece of art. It has gone viral…
Jes KastDecember 12, 2012
"They were careless people, Tom and Daisy—they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or…
Scott HoezeeDecember 11, 2012
To prepare to write about the looming fiscal cliff I read long essays in The Atlantic, The New Yorker and…
Jeff MunroeDecember 10, 2012
Had an interesting conversation with a friend the other day about his daughter's experience at preschool. The preschool teacher took…
Jason LiefDecember 8, 2012
