Ms. Brownlow Goes to Washington by Brewton Brownlow

Two weeks ago I drove up to DC to volunteer at the National Republican Senatorial Committee's gala dinner. Everyone thought that I was crazy for driving fourteen hours in the middle of the week to work a dinner for a political party I don't even belong to.

Christian Adventures Abroad: underground religion in China by Elizabeth Barnes

He has a covert mission to undermine Chinese governmental authority. He enters the country under false pretense of government-sanctioned actions. He is accompanied during the day by a government agent who gives detailed reports to headquarters in Beijing. His subversive activities must be carried out at night, with the aid of underground organizations. All communication home must be delivered in coded messages. And it's all just another day in the life of a Baptist minister.

That Tuba Ain't from Cuba: why governments should take a laissez-faire approach to artistic trade by Philip Sasser

On May 3, 1956, violinist Isaac Stern became the first American artist to perform in the Soviet Union. It was said at the time that every violinist within 500 miles of Moscow was in attendance at the Great Hall of the Moscow Conservatory.