Month: September 2009

• soong-chan rah reviews “gran torino”

  I do my best to keep the Regular Reading list of blogs on the sidebar to a manageable size.  There are a handful of additional blogs I follow, but the ones on this list are good conversation partners with the general thrust of this blog.  I’ve just added Soong-Chan Rah’s blog to the list.  You…

  David Swanson

  September 9, 2009

  book, film

  gran torino, soong-chan rah, the next evangelicalism

• be afraid, be very afraid of… health care reform

  Summertime typically brings a break from our national political drama, but the push for health care reform has ensured no such breather.  This story continues to unfold at a pace that I can barely keep up with.  Has anyone else found it difficult to ignore the noisy hyperbole while trying to understand the actual facts…

  David Swanson

  September 3, 2009

  culture, justice, news

  evangelical, health care reform

• the writing life

  This afternoon we returned from a few peaceful days at our friends’ home near Princeton, Il.  A detour allowed us a quick stop at Plow Creek Farm, site of last summer’s PAPA Festival, to pick raspberries. As hoped for, our vacation days were lazily spent cooking, walking, playing, and reading.  Lots of reading.  Of the…

  David Swanson

  September 1, 2009

  book, book reviews

  annie dillard, the writing life