Blog Boxing myself on Boxing Day Since the etymology of the title “Boxing Day” is unknown, might I suggest the name was coined to describe the…Jeff MunroeDecember 26, 2011
Blog Don Draper and the Ruins of Culture For the past few years my wife and I have indulged in the pleasure of good television. It all started…Jason LiefDecember 24, 2011
Blog A Christmas dialogue between war and peace I picked up my son at the airport last night, welcoming him home for Christmas break. A mom and a…James BrattDecember 23, 2011
Blog The Beauty and Multiplicity of the Word In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in…The 12 EditorDecember 23, 2011
Blog The Temptations of Assimilation: Schilder our Bellow? In the second part of his essay, "The Jewish Writer in America," Saul Bellow notes that while the Jewish writer…James K.A SmithDecember 21, 2011
Blog The art of the non-anxious presence (Originally posted on Call and Response on July 12, 2010) Staring at people and crying are two things New Yorkers…Jessica BrattDecember 19, 2011
Blog Last Minute Gifts for that Hard-to-Please Calvinist on Your List As usual, these December days are zinging by us at twice the speed of other months. No doubt you’re earnestly…Debra RienstraDecember 17, 2011
Blog Redeeming the dance A 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
Blog Of Newt and Leila I’ll call her “Leila.” That’s not her real name, but given possible security repercussion we’ll leave it at that. She…Thomas GoodhartDecember 16, 2011