Caleb Stegall

Good Lord, blogging is bad for the soul.  That is a confession, not a violation of the Third Commandment, for those of you keeping track.  What am I doing in…

Jody Bottum says the problem with localists is that they're all raving racists.  O goody, let's get down to brass tacks. It's bizzare how Bottom's problem with localism is traceable once again to…

Hey, JP opened the door.

JEFFERSON COUNTY, KANSAS.  My review of Richard Quinney's Of Time and Place, originally published in the University Bookman: The American experience has always existed in tension with, if not outright…

I just deleted the following spam from our comment cache.  "We have just added your latest post 'Teenagers, Gratitude, and a Culture of Affluence' to our Directory of Car Insurance.  [blah…

An interesting case of local activism. And bonus, hear me discuss the issue on the local KC talk show.

I neglected to comment on the Illich post when it was timely (funny how the internet compresses time and reduces us all to servants of what Berry called the "absolute…

My (real) friend and sometimes co-conspirator Tony Woodlief of Wichita has penetrated Wall Street with some front porch wisdom this morning: "My 298 Facebook friends aren't the ones who remember…

Quick quiz ... who said/wrote the above quote this week?  No Googling!

IRS says they want power to decide who prepares your tax returns. H$R Block cheers.

JEFFERSON COUNTY, KANSAS.  "Community" is a recurring word and theme on this stoop, but it's invocation can come in many undesirable forms: as a talisman against perceived ills; as a marketing device appealing…

Allow me a moment to bask in some regional pride. Kavya is from just down the road, and I love her Kansan's dialect, flat midwestern accent, and plain manner of…