Rachel Blum Spencer

Rachel Blum Spencer
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Recent Essays

Exploiting Antiquities

To him, the created world is merely “resources” and fodder for “job creation.”

Oh When the Saints (Come Marching In)

Is happiness found in fan-dom?

Now Available in Color

Why not stand on the shoulders of the Kindle?

Independent Populists?

Michael Lind over at Salon suggests a disparity between populism and the "liberal left." Given Sarah Plain's new book, in which she continues to...

Raw Milk Clubs

Apparently, agrarianism is the new urbanism for a growing number of twenty-somethings. Maybe the desire for a plot of one's own is neither so...

Eat like a human, feel like a human

Virginia schools are opting for local produce and ingredients over cellophane-packaged mystery meals. Are these elementary schools adopting a version of localism?

Conservatism: a Call to the Clarification of Terms

“The Christian right,” says Jacqueline Salmon of the Washington Post, “has found new life with Barack Obama in office, particularly around health care.” Salmon points...