by Djerrid Let’s try something new this week. And as an added incentive, I’ll mail out to the first one who answers correctly a genuine US minted penny.
Lily Dale: Sunday morning with the spiritualists
by Jared VanDyke Part two of a five-part series I spent Sunday morning worrying more about the color of my aura than what outfit to wear to church. If my body projected a white aura—one of suppression and skepticism—then the mediums of The Lily Dale Spiritualist Church would expose me instantly. To the theme of […]
Found: a portal to the conservative soul
Connecting with a public that’s either complacent or frightened about nuclear weapons requires hitherto untapped reserves of ingenuity.
Write "love" and live on
Today is “To Write Love on Her Arm” Day, a time for raising awareness about suicide prevention. In honor of the day, and in memory of those who’ve taken their own lives, I offer you this piece, originally posted at S&R on Dec. 12, 2008. “Write ‘love’ on your forearm,” my student’s message said. It […]






