In Medias Res

[Cross-posted to By Common Consent ] For years, our family has had a "Thanksgiving Tree" tradition. We write on cut-out leaves som...

[Cross-posted to Front Porch Republic ] Gillian Brockell, a talented writer and researcher for The Washington Post 's history blog Retro...

[Cross-posted to Wichita Story ] It would be wrong to say I know James Clendenin. I've met him a few times at different city events. Onc...

Apropos my sermon from a few days ago on the difficulties of civic friendship, three quick thoughts, this Election Day morning. 1) I voted ...

Matthew Workman is many things. He's a husband and a father, a story-teller and a writer, a journalist and a podcaster. He is almost cer...

[Cross-posted to By Common Consent ] [ A slightly expanded version of a presentation on civility I gave at Friends University on October 26....

It's a week before the election. I cast my vote early, and very likely a large percentage of anyone who happens to read this has also. S...

  [Cross-posted to By Common Consent ] This year I planted a spring garden for the first time. Probably because of the pandemic, but because...

[ The following is a version of comments that I have been invited to give at a book symposium being hosted by the Center for East Asian and...