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Shelby Kearns

Shelby Kearns is a writer and teacher. She provides Zoom support for virtual events hosted by the civic organization Braver Angels and serves on the editorial board for Commonplace, the journal of the Catherine Project. Follow Shelby on X at @shelbytkearns.
by | May 14, 2022

On the evening before Easter Sunday, the Holy City of the Wichitas held its 97th annual passion play, the Prince of Peace Pageant. Volunteers reenacted the gospel, from the Annunciation of Mary to Christ’s resurrection, to onlookers sitting on a…

by | Apr 13, 2022

Sarah Palin is in the news again. Another way of saying this is that Alaska is in the news again. Palin is a case study for the media’s scant coverage of Alaska and other flyover states. Her well-known love for…

by | Mar 29, 2022

I’m not the first to point out that Hollywood has a “Hillbilly Problem,” namely its unapologetic depiction of “rednecks,” “white trash,” or other pejoratives for rural white Americans. After the 2016 election, Hollywood supposedly learned a lesson about its scorn…

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