Heresy in the Heartland

Professionally he declines and falls, and as a friend he drops into poetry. --Charles Dickens (in Our Mutual Friend ) I dropped int...

No sooner had school started last month than I found myself backstage, helping to manage a burlesque show for Wichita's American Rose T...

For years, we felt ill at ease in Wichita and frequently plotted our escape to another state...someday. This year, though, it finally feels...

This impulse to connect the dots--and to share what you've connected--is the urge that makes you an artist. If you're using word...

Last year I became painfully aware of my scarcity mindset. Most of my life, I'd lived in fear that there might not be enough good to...

Something I love about the internet is how it allows those who once felt isolated to connect with others who shared the same experience. Be...

Sometimes Donald Trump reminds me eerily of Bill Gothard, with his swirl of unnaturally colored hair, his narcissism, his similar gestures...