Justin Cascio had to leave home to find his people: more than once.
A Critical Need for A Narrative About National Peace
March 24, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Anup Samanta explains how lacking a “narrative about national peace” leads to complacency.
The American Phoenix
March 20, 2013 By Leave a Comment
America’s strength is its ability to reinvent itself.
No Money for Adult Bookstores
March 19, 2013 By 1 Comment
Should businesses make decisions on moral grounds?
A City Where Men Love Babies: an excerpt from Kindling Quarterly
January 30, 2013 By 3 Comments
Print magazine on fatherhood debuts with a look at how men react to babies in other parts of the world
What You May Not Know About Gun Violence and Suicide
January 29, 2013 By 9 Comments
Did you know that murder is not the type of gun violence that kills the most Americans?
Foreign Nationals Abducted by Islamist Militants in Algeria
January 16, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Algerian officials state, “Contact with the site is extremely difficult, but we understand that armed individuals are still occupying the In Amenas operations site.”
Fear in America
December 21, 2012 By Leave a Comment
In this installment of “Love, Recorded,” Matt fears for his daughter’s future, in America and outside of America, in private and in public, and in the aftermath from the recent school shooting.
Running: A Poem
October 10, 2012 By 1 Comment
David Karpel tells an American story of persecution and flight: a family that can’t stop running.
The Amnesia of 9/11
September 11, 2012 By Leave a Comment
We came together as a country eleven years ago. Can we do it again in 2012?
Top 12 Worst Moments of the Olympic Summer Games
August 13, 2012 By 22 Comments
You know all about the triumphant, magical and heroic moments of the Olympics. But can you list the 12 worst moments? Joanna Schroeder can.
It’s All Just A Little Bit Of History Repeating …
August 9, 2012 By 8 Comments
Seán Flynn on the end of American Empire, and how the internet is more like the Catholic Church than you imagined.
Do It Yourself, America
July 25, 2012 By 12 Comments
In a world where anyone can watch fifteen ways to sharpen a hand saw or to build a rail gun, is craftsmanship lost?
Sandusky, The Death Penalty and Goodness
July 16, 2012 By 3 Comments
Dr. Brian Stout responds to calls for the death penalty for child sexual offenders, and encourages us, as a society, to hold on our goodness in the face of such evil.
“We were in for a rude awakening: our parents gave us dreams that America can’t easily fulfill.”
July 12, 2012 By 1 Comment
This is a comment by Kaleb Blake on the post “5 Questions to Reclaim Your Life”.
“Violence is often the first resort of society. Is it any wonder people take inspiration from that?”
This is a comment by Jonathan G on the post “Men and Mass Shootings”.