Laura Tokie

In fifth grade, Laura wrote an essay about Thanksgiving that her teacher thought was good. She also played Santa Claus in a school play and tried to make croissants from scratch. Not much has changed

Ten Things I Learned at the App Store

Feb 18, 2011 4 min read Technology

Confession time: I am a Mac user who owns a total of zero touch devices. We have no iPhone in the house. Our fanciest iPod is a Nano without a video camera. We

The Prophecy of Network

Oct 29, 2010 4 min read Film & Television

I have noted with some delight that the movie Network has made its way back into the contemporary conversation, so I happily gave myself the task of revisiting this 1976 satire with a

The Garden of Healing and Renewal

Aug 20, 2010 4 min read Humanity

“I’m going to come back here every time we come. Every time,” said my younger son. It was the fourth of July weekend, and he and I found ourselves at the nearest

Summer Comfort

Jun 25, 2010 4 min read Food & Drink

[http://commons.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Smores_1.jpg]What can a classic summer comfort food teach us about moving from slacktivism to action? [http://commons.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Smores_1.jpg]

Diego Rivera and the Gods of Detroit

Apr 30, 2010 4 min read Visual Art

It used to be called the Garden Court, this space at the Detroit Institute of Arts [http://www.dia.org/] (DIA). Two men, a capitalist and a Marxist, Edsel Ford [http://en.wikipedia.