I just read this in The Economist and felt somehow the misery of Chinese drivers. Apparently, there was one traffic jam this summer on a road to Beijing that was 100km long and lasted nine days—D-A-Y-S. Not hours. Days. … Continue reading →

In yesterday’s New York Times Magazine was a fascinating piece on our mother tongues and how they shape our perception of the world. On the other hand, English does oblige you to specify certain types of information that can be … Continue reading →

Leading on from Richard Mouw’s recent, short piece: faculty at Christian institutions, do you pray before class begins? I have come to think that the lesson here was more important than we took it to be in those days. His … Continue reading →

  You don’t read much about sleeping in public these days but I think it’s a topic worthy of contemplation by the After Hours circle. The piece that sparked this was my recent (and ongoing) reading of A Pattern Language. … Continue reading →

My friend Brett McCracken’s book Hipster Christianity finally came out (in the interest of full disclosure, I blurbed the book). I know a colleague who is using it in his class this fall, and I was delighted to read it … Continue reading →

  This past spring, the Hamilton Spectator released Code Red, a study on the health outcomes of the City of Hamilton by census tract. The shocking news is that the life expectancy between the highest and lowest census tract averages … Continue reading →

  I had never heard of it when we arrived in St. Louis a few days ago on vacation. But after we had toured the massive St. Louis Arch, Michelle noted that one of the brochure’s she picked up had … Continue reading →

I haven’t seen a lot of movies this summer – haven’t even seen Inception yet, as of when I’m writing this—but one I saw a few months ago just came out this weekend, and I wanted to recommend it to … Continue reading →