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.
Words can be twisted, but God uses them to tell straight truths
Why do we find joy in things that serve no practical function?
True positive thinking comes at a very high price, and God paid it
America's National Park System is a product of civilization
The demonization of mere opponents is a dangerous practice
National Endowment for the Arts takes propaganda to a new level
There are more reasons than fear why children don't come out to play
New movement aims to take campus radicalism beyond the classroom
The space program's human focus led to its much-lamented decay
