The Badger's Sett

Imagine for a moment that you are a mechanic, with an old, lovingly-maintained but still quirky car.  Periodically, some part on this car fa...

Fairly frequently, the disputes I run into over the validity of witchcraft happen because one side or the other has conflated magic with ...

When I was a young Badger, I started to understand that my country celebrates two Christmases.  There's the solemn celebration of the bi...

A few weeks ago, I got a new phone (it is a shiny new Samsung Galaxy s3).  I asked friends for app recommendations, and among the suggestion...

Here's a question:  when's the last time you were alone in your brain? Here's another one:  was it a comfortable experience? ...

Today is the 12th anniversary of the attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, and everyone I know is talking and thinking about t...

I have one friend who, upon hearing any complaints or concerns I have about living as a woman in this world, or in any discussion of poor be...