by Steve Chisnell | 26 October 2008 | ChizBlog, Green
I’ve been reading books lately about food. Not cookbooks (which I have finally just abandoned), but books on how our food is brought to us. You know what I mean: what is a Twinkie, where did that tomato come from, and why should I be afraid of that chocolate? To... 
by Steve Chisnell | 12 October 2008 | ChizBlog, Politics and Ethics
“He’s an Arab,” she said of Obama. And poor Senator John McCain quickly took away the microphone, shaking his head. Senator McCain then did exactly what he needed to do: he described Obama as a decent man with whom he had drastically different opinions. Sadder... 
by Steve Chisnell | 5 October 2008 | ChizBlog, Literary Criticism, Mythology, Politics and Ethics
In ancient Greek legend, the cave-dwelling Cumaean Sibyl, a famous prophetess, wrote the future on a series of oak leaves. However, every time supplicants came to ask of their fortunes, they would open the door to the cave and the West Wind would blow in, scattering... 
by Steve Chisnell | 9 September 2008 | ChizBlog, Education
I was as surprised as the next guy at seeing a too-familiar phrase on the entryway to ROHS this fall. Sure, there’s still a little sting we feel when we see something which feels uniquely Kimball or uniquely Dondero: three years later, and we still step carefully... 
by Steve Chisnell | 25 July 2008 | ChizBlog, Culture Criticism
“It’s true,” she said. “Hannah Montana is thinking of leaving the show.” I scratched my head, playing the devil’s advocate of absurdity: “Wait. But you said her real name is Destiny Hope Cyrus, but she changed it legally to Miley, the name of the character on the... 
Steve Chisnell (um, on the right) is a teacher at Royal Oak (MI) High School. 
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