Dan Schreiber is a columnist and former editor at Smile Politely.com, a Champaign-Urbana, IL web magazine. His essays have appeared in Dreamseeker Magazine, The Mennonite, Geez Magazine, and Wunderkammer. Since 2006, he has written extensively about culture, religion, politics and parenting on his blog, “Musings of a Minor Mennonite.” He also writes occasional movie reviews and blogs for Roger Ebert’s Overlooked Film Festival.
Feature Articles
Riding in Vans with Medics
Champaign-Urbana
Farewell, Sweet Bookmobile
Picking Up Dancers in Kankakee
Santa the Refugee
The Bagger’s Bane
Things You Should Never Buy
The Moral Complexity of Shopping
Middle School Girl Syndrome
The Stink of My Presence
The Real Axe Market
To Give or to Go
Entertainment
Feature Articles
Riding in Vans with Medics
Champaign-Urbana
Farewell, Sweet Bookmobile
Picking Up Dancers in Kankakee
Santa the Refugee
The Bagger’s Bane
Things You Should Never Buy
The Moral Complexity of Shopping
Middle School Girl Syndrome
The Stink of My Presence
The Real Axe Market
To Give or to Go
Entertainment
On the Set of Leading Ladies
Yet Another Oscar 2009 Wrap-up
What Super Bowl Commercials Tell Us
Horton Hears a Metaphor
The Dixie Chicks: Pop Icons of the Bush Era
Humor:
Hoarding Food for the Apocalypse
Why the World Should Be Ruled by Robotic Overlords
How to Politicize Child Safety
The Washington Street Parade
University of Illinois Chief Illiniwek Controversy
The Sinner's Guide to the Chief Illiniwek Debate
Dancing Privileges
General Complaining
Joe the Plumber vs. The Socialists
Rational Distrust vs. Irrational Fear
Those Untethered Birthers
Compromised Reform
Half-Strong Foreign Policy
The Burlington Coat Factory Mosque
Obama Love
Prophets vs. Kings
An Historic Election
Obama is Smarter than I Am
All-Purpose Pondering
Who Should Not Vote
Charity vs. Justice
Would You Sign a Loyalty Oath?
Trickle Down Charity
Praying for Political Ends
Race Row, Indeed
Report from the Restore Sanity Rally
Religion and Jesus
My Ensemble Experience
The More or Less Seven Social Sins
A Brief History of Love and Suffering
Jesus Comes with Free Ice-Cream Bars
The War on Tolerance, 2008 Update
Are You Rapture-Ready?
Resisting Empire while Eating Fine Cheese
Interviews
Copyrighting away culture: An interview with Nina Paley
Ebertfest
Ebertfest 11 Summary
Ebertfest 12 Day 2
Ebertfest 11 Day 1: Woodstock: Groovy, Man
Ebertfest 11 Day 2
Yet Another Oscar 2009 Wrap-up
What Super Bowl Commercials Tell Us
Horton Hears a Metaphor
The Dixie Chicks: Pop Icons of the Bush Era
Humor:
Hoarding Food for the Apocalypse
Why the World Should Be Ruled by Robotic Overlords
How to Politicize Child Safety
The Washington Street Parade
University of Illinois Chief Illiniwek Controversy
The Sinner's Guide to the Chief Illiniwek Debate
Dancing Privileges
General Complaining
Joe the Plumber vs. The Socialists
Rational Distrust vs. Irrational Fear
Those Untethered Birthers
Compromised Reform
Half-Strong Foreign Policy
The Burlington Coat Factory Mosque
Obama Love
Prophets vs. Kings
An Historic Election
Obama is Smarter than I Am
All-Purpose Pondering
Who Should Not Vote
Charity vs. Justice
Would You Sign a Loyalty Oath?
Trickle Down Charity
Praying for Political Ends
Race Row, Indeed
Report from the Restore Sanity Rally
Religion and Jesus
My Ensemble Experience
The More or Less Seven Social Sins
A Brief History of Love and Suffering
Jesus Comes with Free Ice-Cream Bars
The War on Tolerance, 2008 Update
Are You Rapture-Ready?
Resisting Empire while Eating Fine Cheese
Interviews
Copyrighting away culture: An interview with Nina Paley
Ebertfest
Ebertfest 11 Summary
Ebertfest 12 Day 2
Ebertfest 11 Day 1: Woodstock: Groovy, Man
Ebertfest 11 Day 2
