A Powerful Institution Fails Us Again. Dog Bites Man.
Are we really so surprised that the High Priests of Penn State Football turned out to be flawed, self-interested human beings after all?
One Beautiful Thing
How art helps us to zoom in on what’s essential.
Now Hear This: Stories About Dads
Tear-jerkingly brilliant radio stories about fatherhood
Literary Fashion, Part 2
Would you judge a person by the book cover they wear?
For a creatively-presented alternative to all those contemporary-bestseller summer reading lists coming your way, see this nifty flowchart, via literary agent Nephele Tempest and Teach.com:
Who’s a Writer?
“So, what do you DO?” Don’t get me started.
“Utter Non-Interest in the Facts”—Orwell On Truth vs. Ideology
Orwell was willing to change his views based on new information, and even to seek out experiences that might re-shape his beliefs—an astonishing sort of open-mindedness that seems to have gone extinct.
Help the GRRRLs Conquer the World
Vali Forrister helps to open the world for teen girls, and she could use a little help. Girlfriends! Cough up some spare change!
The Greenery 