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American Idol=American Idiots, Pt. 3 (UPDATED)
The following post has been time-stamped, for which I apologize...it's not a practice of which I'm particularly fond. However, I wanted to post this update as a result of the great discussion that has arisen from this s… -
American Idol=American Idiots, Pt. 2
The defeat of Adam Lambert on American Idol is—while worrisome in regard to the fact that his loss might have had less to do with his talent than his sexuality—a cultural triviality that will almost certainly be forgotte… -
The Intellectual's Manifesto
Intellectual stagnation is tantamount to death, and I have no interest in dying. After months of secretive contemplation, I have come to a decision. My educational path has undergone a momentous transformation: no long… -
An Examination of Pacifism
I've come to view the contemplation of ethics and philosophy as a sort of "mental training," a series of exercises that seem pointless and irrelevant until one finds one's self under extreme duress. Imagine a boxer goin… -
Election Day 2008
Technically we all walk through history every day of our lives; any given moment is laden with infinite possibility and potentiality. It isn’t every morning, however, that you wake up and, while brushing your teeth and … -
New podcast posted!
Heads up, music-lovers! The latest episode of Rock of Ages, my classic rock history podcast, is online! You can subscribe via iTunes, of course, or you can visit our website and download it directly (streaming audio is… -
The American Right and the Politics of Hate
Before I take a single step further, it's full disclosure time… I’ve been a registered Republican my entire adult life. I fully intend, however, to vote for Barack Obama in the upcoming Presidential election. I am an a… -
History: Democracy, Not Theocracy
The Christian Right—and its demagogues du jour, John McCain and Sarah Palin—seem summarily incapable of imagining an America that isn’t a de facto Christian theocracy. While we send boys to wage war against people decri… -
Ethics: A Merciful Sin
I wrote this early last semester for my Ethics class. I was instructed to write a fable, and though I set mine in an unusual period (unusual for fables, anyway), I strove to capture a somewhat "storybook" flavor in the … -
Shameless Self-Promotion
Once again, I find myself unable to delay the posting of the latest episode of Rock of Ages (the classic rock history podcast I co-host with my buddy Garen), and once again, I find myself unable to resist pimping said po…
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