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Day 288: Everything is already (sort of) racist

November 7, 2017 phillArmchair phillosophy

Two links from the Miami Campus Newspaper: First one. Second one. As someone who studies race, who deals with racism, and who is working hard to increase diversity in my field and on my campus,[…]

Day 286: And so I didn't approve the comment

November 5, 2017 phillArmchair phillosophy

I often assume very few people are reading this blog. I realize any of my students might, as might any person who meets me somewhere and takes a business card. It’s not like it’s hidden.[…]

Day 282: The world after personal responsibility

November 2, 2017 phillArmchair phillosophy

I’m dealing with some weird situations with students lately. One motif I see emerging, though, is that there’s a new (meaning in the last couple of years) is a lack of personal responsibility among students.[…]

Day 281: On Halloween: realizing I was Silent Bob before there was a Silent Bob

October 31, 2017 phillArmchair phillosophy

When I was in the seventh grade, in 1989, I was a huge fan of the Joker. I had been, my whole life, but that year I actually asked for a trench coat because I[…]

Day 280: Listen

October 29, 2017 phillArmchair phillosophy

Today I want to return to an old rant of mine. I’ve told people before about the cultural oddity that I experience in academia being Cherokee. As a people– a proud people :P– we don’t[…]

Day 279: Burnout

October 29, 2017 phillArmchair phillosophy

A few months ago, a student asked me how I keep from burning out on my academic work. This student, a senior, was trying to figure out how to finish out an academic career, and[…]

Day 277: The Hillary news today and a rant

October 26, 2017 phillArmchair phillosophy

I have struggled for a while to express to other liberal-minded people the problems I had with Hillary Clinton. I know it often gets conflated with issues of gender politics. It was never, even for[…]

Day 276: All my heroes are anti-heroes

October 25, 2017 phillArmchair phillosophy

Like many things in my life, this philosophical moment is guided by a pro wrestling anecdote. There’s a wrestler named Aleister Black, once known in the indies as Tommy End. He has one of the[…]

Day 275: The Post I was Afraid to Make (but not for the reason I talked about being afraid before)

October 24, 2017 phillArmchair phillosophy

Today, I’m going to take a bit of a risk. Before I do, though, I want to preface with a few declarations: I would never presume to claim that my experiences are more (or less)[…]

Day 271: Support the Troops Part II: Seriously, what Jeff Davis said

October 21, 2017 phillArmchair phillosophy

So today the White House Press Secretary, when asked about White House Chief of Staff John Kelly saying something that was factually incorrect, Sarah Sanders said: “If you want to go after General Kelly, that[…]