Essay EndorsementCase closed. I'm an Iowan, once upon a time a Republican, and I am at this moment endorsing a candidate.…James C. SchaapDecember 31, 2011
Essay Redeeming the danceA half a century ago, I was a kid in a Sunday school class taught by a man who’d taught…James C. SchaapDecember 16, 2011
Essay This old houseMy wife, who's now retired and therefore been home more often these days than she's been in the 25 years we've…James C. SchaapDecember 2, 2011
Essay My last dance with Ms. EmilyProfessor Helen Vendler says that Emily Dickinson changed the first word of the fourth line the poem "Safe in their…James C. SchaapNovember 18, 2011
Essay RecallTen years ago maybe, my in-laws, then in their eighties, told us that they had simply mentioned to the pastor, as…James C. SchaapNovember 4, 2011