Blog Traveling Mercies 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
Blog Beer and Gasoline Just to be clear, beer and gasoline is not what this post is about, although they do make an appearance…Thomas GoodhartDecember 13, 2012
Blog Why I Hate School But Love Education 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
Blog Careless "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
Blog The Pawn Stars and the Fiscal Cliff To prepare to write about the looming fiscal cliff I read long essays in The Atlantic, The New Yorker and…Jeff MunroeDecember 10, 2012
Blog Believing in Santa 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
Blog History War at the Movies History writing used to be about kings and battles. Now a fair number of the battles are about history…James BrattDecember 7, 2012
Blog Awakening Longing in Advent Advent is a season of anticipation, hope, and waiting for the arrival of Christ. The advent wreath, the lighting of…Theresa LatiniDecember 6, 2012
Blog The Bleak Heart In the bleak mid-winter Frosty wind made moan, Earth stood hard as iron, Water like a stone; Snow had fallen,…Jennifer L. HolbergDecember 5, 2012
Blog The NAR and the RCA Writing for The Twelve and Perspectives is often a bit like dropping a pebble down a well. You stand there,…Steve Mathonnet-VanderWellDecember 4, 2012