Remembering a Good Oak
Trees cannot talk, but they do speak. With our eyes focused on franticly flickering screens, perhaps our ears have grown dull to their still...
Garage Sales, Yard Sales, Estate Sales: The Putrefaction of America
What used to be called garage sales and are now also called "yard" and "estate" sale are the scourge of the neighborhood and a major...
Wendell Berry Opts Out of the ‘Culture of Violence’
Our Only World: Ten Essays. By Wendell Berry. Berkeley: Counterpoint, 2015.
In January of 2012, Wendell Berry delivered a speech at Georgetown College that explained...
When Your Hometown Goes International
New York City is not an American city; it’s an Arab nation filled with a thousand different tribes who grudgingly live amongst each other....
Why Cities Ought to, Sometimes, Challenge Their States
On next Tuesday’s ballot here in Wichita, KS, voters will be able to, whether they realize it or not, directly contribute to an ongoing...
Freedom and Four-Year Olds
Holland, MI
In public policy, few things are ever entirely right or wrong. Like economics, we are often dealing with trade-offs. Ignoring the trade-offs blinds...
History as Manifesto
Dillon, MT
Having a personal and professional interest in what people think history is for, I read The History Manifesto with great interest. Jo Guldi...
On Dying Where You’re Planted: The Rooted Pastor
Manchester, CT
I am grudgingly accepting that you don’t choose the place; the place chooses you.
I’ve moved around a lot during my time on the planet,...
Local Wonderings in Wichita
Wichita, KS, is the home to a wonderful bookstore, Eighth Day Books. (Which isn't my favorite bookstore in Wichita, but that's partly because my...
Praying in the Streets: Ritual as an Urban Design Problem
"he city as World icon is being destroyed, not by being secularized (it was always secular at base with some sacral potencies shooting through...