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The lake breathes and you feel at home in its lungs.

On geography, state fairs, and deep-fried nostalgia.

In a recent review of the excellent FX cold war era spy thriller, The Americans, an Atlantic writer asked: “Do any Christians watch this show? I’d be curious to learn whether they think the show has become too offensive toward religion for its own good.” Yes, Christians do watch this show. I haven’t written much […]

Each Friday we compile a list of interesting links and articles our editors find from across the web. Here’s what’s catching our eye this week. This story emerged before we published last week’s breifing. So, this week, we trace the history of “the dress” and remember how a debate took over the Internet:  Between 6pm […]

Here are some things to keep in mind after you finish up Season 3 of House of Cards… All of these are available for streaming in March.   Movies: A Girl Walks Home Alone At Night (iTunes – March 20) Angriest Man in Brooklyn (Netflix) Chef (Netflix) Song of the Sea (iTunes) Paisan (Fandor, March […]

One woman’s adventure to camp across the United States with a tent and a sleeping bag and a purpose to be wide open.

A poem longing for the place of taste

Each Friday we compile a list of interesting links and articles our editors find from across the web. Here’s what’s catching our eye this week. Art’s role in politics: What responsibility does the artist have to society? Speaking at Amherst College in 1963, John F. Kennedy gave one answer to that perpetually nagging question. For […]

A man climbs buttes in western North Dakota, wondering if he’s a force of good or evil.