Blog No Ordinary Time Our recent unprecedented misuse of the word “unprecedented” finally got to me. I am both a word geek and history…Jeff MunroeApril 27, 2020
Blog Why Hoard Toilet Paper During a Pandemic? In the moments I’m not self-righteously clucking “tsk, tsk,” at the toilet-paper-hoarding masses, I’m doing mental math estimating how long…Jeff MunroeMarch 30, 2020
Blog Corona Virus and the Useless God Perhaps you’ve heard the story about the woman who received a text message that said, “I am here for you.”…Jeff MunroeMarch 12, 2020
Blog The Kid in the MAGA Hat The last time I got into a fight fight, a physical fight with hitting and punching, was almost fifty years…Jeff MunroeMarch 2, 2020
Blog Faith Comes to the Movies: “The Two Popes” and “A Hidden Life” A few years ago I happened to be walking out of a jet bridge alongside the actor Michael Keaton. He…Jeff MunroeFebruary 3, 2020
Blog Famous Last Words The stories of the wittiest are probably false. Oscar Wilde allegedly said, “Either this wallpaper goes or I do,” but…Jeff MunroeJanuary 6, 2020
Blog The Mister Rogers Revival One day when my daughter was about three, I came home, sat on the couch, opened the afternoon newspaper, and…Jeff MunroeDecember 9, 2019
Blog Adventures in Buechnerland Memory is such a trickster. I came across a lost document while helping my dad and stepmom clean out their…Jeff MunroeNovember 4, 2019
Blog Foreword by Makoto Fujimura Makoto Fujimura operates on a different plane than I do. His art is exhibited worldwide, best-selling author David Brooks refers…Jeff MunroeOctober 7, 2019
Blog The Violent, Vengeful God of Quentin Tarantino Quentin Tarantino’s film Once Upon a Time . . . In Hollywood debuted toward the end of summer. It is…Jeff MunroeSeptember 9, 2019