On February 11, 1990, I was teaching an adult education class in Zeeland, Michigan. No, I do not have some…
Jeff MunroeDecember 9, 2013
Three cities in my home state of Michigan decriminalized possession of small amounts of marijuana in last week’s elections (following…
Jeff MunroeNovember 11, 2013
I was raised a space cadet in the 1960s, part of a generation absorbed and obsessed with astronauts and the…
Jeff MunroeOctober 28, 2013
Here’s a short lesson in Providence. I had an idea about tying in the mess in DC with seemingly intractable…
Jeff MunroeOctober 3, 2013
(In which I try to tell fellow introverts to be themselves.) A short while after I started working at Western…
Jeff MunroeSeptember 30, 2013
After a long day of driving we stopped for the night in Eau Claire, Wisconsin, and decided to see a…
Jeff MunroeSeptember 16, 2013
Thanks to Redbox, I finally saw 42, Brian Helgeland’s feel good story of Jackie Robinson breaking baseball’s “color line.” …
Jeff MunroeSeptember 2, 2013
The dinner conversation veered onto the topic of Frederick Buechner, and I steeled myself for the inevitable comment, which came…
Jeff MunroeAugust 19, 2013
It’s ancient history now, but once upon a time there used to be these things called “newspapers,” and big cities…
Jeff MunroeAugust 5, 2013
