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.
Events like <em>Rolling Stone</em>’s flawed rape story can make a culture jaded and cynical
Scholars who doubt Jesus’ existence follow standard conspiracy theory procedure
Isaiah Berlin foresaw the danger of believing in an earthly paradise
What can keep good times from becoming banal and empty?