Daily Archive: June 11, 2014
Meet the Teams: Holland
By their orange you shall know them. Although the Dutch flag is red, white, and blue, the royal family is from the House of Orange-Nassau.* The House of Orange knows how to do modern...
Everything I Believe about Religion, Part II: The Transcendent Faces Down the Odds
This is part two of an ongoing series. Part one can be found here. I’ve been accused of failure: I haven’t offended. For which I’m sorry, I guess. I’ll try to do better here....
Meet The Teams: Italy
With the World Cup about to start, we’re profiling some of our favorite non-USA teams. Burt Likko kicks it off with a look at the 2006 champions.
The Twilight of Our Candlelight Vigils
School shootings and rampage killings used to be moments of collective shock and horror, leading to long periods of national, cathartic mourning. Now they are either a quick ratings spectacle or a thing that gets mentioned briefly on a slow news day.
What the hell happened to us?
A Reminder: The Ordinary Times World Cup Contest
For those who missed it or forgot about it – and I hope there’s some of you – we are having a World Cup “pick ’em” contest this year. Instructions for joining our group...
Hanley’s Old House, Episode 2
Hanley Cleans Out His Utility Room, and You Won’t Believe What Happens Next (Shocking)!
Say Cheese
Would you feed a food product labeled “Artisanal Wood-board Aged Cheese” to your children if said food product was also label “Imported from China”?
