There is one criticism I receive frequently about my work. It might be the only consistent criticism I can think of that has persisted for years: I construct inductive arguments while academia expects deductive arguments.[…]
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Day 35: Wherein I nearly agree with Tucker Carlson, but then the world goes back to normal
Okay, this happened. As you probably know if you know me well enough to find yourself here, I spent 5 years at Michigan State University while I completed my PhD. I can say from my[…]
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Day 34: Do these things ever really end? This post might make you uncomfortable
“Ambassador Daniel Fried, the outgoing coordinator for sanctions policy, did not mention President Donald Trump or speak directly to his policies, but the State Department officials present understood his meaning when he said ‘we are[…]
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Day 33: "not yet labeled it a hate crime"
quick hitter today. Read this story. a summary: racist dude screams “leave my country” and guns down an Indian who was just chilling at a bar after work. He then runs to Applebee’s, America’s favorite[…]
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Day 32: A conversation that scared the crap out of me
“Well I’ve seen some old friends sort of die/or just turn into whatever must have been inside them/whatever all of us had then in common/we grew up/we left home/we don’t think that way no more.”[…]
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Day 31: The Difference between Man and his Best Friend
“I’m going to break my rusty cage/and runnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn” -Chris Cornell, Soundgarden, “Rusty Cage” Those of you who know me well know that I have had 3 dogs for a while. I have a pair of[…]
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Day 30: The Procession of Pineapple Pizza Simulacra
“I do not have the power to make laws which forbid people to put pineapples on their pizza,” Guðni, a former history professor at the University of Iceland, wrote. “I am glad I do not[…]
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Day 29: Batman is Lex Luthor or Why I never liked Superman
“Do you worry that you’re not liked/How long till you break/You’re happy cause you smile/But how much can you fake?” -Our Lady Peace, “Superman’s Dead” from Clumsy I have always loved the iconography of Superman’s[…]
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Day 28: the Impossibility of teaching Political Rhetoric in the era of Donald Trump
“Went to war with the devil and Shaytan/he wore a bad toupee and a spray tan” -Killer Mike, “Talk to Me,” Run the Jewels 3 I recently underwent a bit of a career overhaul. I’m[…]
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Day 27: The Digital Native and abusing the cloud
I recently wrote a piece for an evolving collection on bad ideas in writing about the concept of the digital native. It bugs me– and not just because of the politics of the word native,[…]
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