Only in the 21st century, with the tools we have to reach across the miles and over the years, would Pastor Jeff Garrison and I enjoy the happy accident of meeting online. We both responded to a post on Quora about memorable train rides; he mentioned the same Jogja to Jakarta run in Indonesia that…
Thanks to Lisa Lickel, Editor Dan Burns and the staff at Windy City Reviews for their coverage of the independent press. Book Review: Overland: Remembering Southeast Asia
Ever sit through an annual association meeting desperate to be somewhere—anywhere else? Me too. The newspaper industry hosted a yearly array of events, deadly boring, all dedicated to wringing the last shred of profitability from our dear doomed dinosaur of an industry, attended by middle-aged male WASPs in shiny suits and a small percentage of their female…