Janie is a senior writer who contributes commentary to WORLD and oversees WORLD’s annual Children’s Books of the Year awards. She also writes novels for young adults and authored the Wordsmith creative writing curriculum. Janie resides in rural Missouri.
Looking back with longing in a waste of time
Can you see your country’s faults and still love it?
A new California curriculum pits students of different ethic groups against each other
Is the university making the right call on LGBTQ issues?
Are liberal and orthodox Christians too far apart to find common theological ground?
When does preparedness turn into something sinful?
How much is the president willing to pay to change the meaning of a word?
Book publishers are playing a dangerous game
A closer look at California’s ethnic studies curriculum