Bruce Langhorne, RIP

Bruce Langhorne, best known as the inspiration for Bob Dylan’s “Mr. Tambourine Man” but best loved (by me, anyway) for his extraordinary score for Peter Fonda’s 1971 acid Western The Hired Hand, a beautiful meditatio...

By Bill Kauffman on April 22, 2017

Kauffman in West Michigan

Come hear Bill Kauffman speak at Hope College on Tuesday, April 18th at 4PM in the Fried-Hemenway auditorium, located within the Martha Miller Center (corner of 10th and Columbia). http://calendar.hope.edu/event/tocqueville_forum_on_being_a...

By Jeffrey Polet on April 17, 2017

Self-Righteousness in the “Age of Trump”

Self-righteousness plays well right now among the highly-credentialed.

By Jason Peters on April 12, 2017

polistra I doubt that dryers took over because of low-class stigma. It's just plain practicality. Wind, rain, snow, bugs, and birdpoop defeat the whole point of... – Jul 15, 11:29 AM
Rob G Actually, while it's not my cuppa, it seems to be (very) loose blank verse. – Jul 03, 6:15 PM
Brian That's not a poem. – Jun 30, 5:49 PM
A Moviegoer Thanks for this wonderful column, a reminder that the search brings us home to family, friends, community, faith. – Jun 30, 1:11 AM
David Smith O for more problems like the ones you narrate here, Doc! Thanks! I look forward to the next installment! – Jun 24, 2:51 PM
Robert First, I ve never thought of modern Presidents as Fathers to our nation nor do I recall anyone ever making such a statement except with... – Jun 22, 9:40 PM

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