This is probably mostly preaching to the choir, considering my audience. But a rant is in order. Yes, of course, the United States is fragmented, but the real cause is rooted in vast anti-intellectualism, not increasingly divergent mores. People in the United States are far too absorbed in television, social media, various online or videoContinue reading “The United States IS Uneducated, NOT Fragmented & A Brief Case Study in Religion and Marriage Rights”
Monthly Archives: December 2013
Powerful Susan Sontag Quotations
I recently read Jonathan Cott’s Susan Sontag: The Complete Rolling Stone Interview that was published this year. This interview is excellent, and Sontag’s words are inspiring. Check out a few of my favorite quotations from the book below. The entire book is 140 pages, and you really should by a copy for yourself or aContinue reading “Powerful Susan Sontag Quotations”
In Praise of Liberalism
In the United States, present-day liberalism came into full existence as consequences of the Great Depression had their full impact on the nation. Liberalism quickly became and remains a mainstay of everyday life in the United States. Franklin Delano Roosevelt is the founding father of liberalism as we think of it. His programs effectively foreverContinue reading “In Praise of Liberalism”
Creating Words and Redefining Words – Hidden Power of Words Series, #5
As a writer, I regularly find it necessary to create new words and occasionally to redefine existing ones. I have done this in my academic writing, creative writing, and online writing. I believe we are not only permitted to “play” with words but that we have a duty to do so. (See my article hereContinue reading “Creating Words and Redefining Words – Hidden Power of Words Series, #5”
Stereotypes, Divisions, and Humans
Humans are programmed to stereotype and discriminate. Stereotypes consist of any preconceived idea. We are evolutionary beings. We resist learning and change, and we embrace opportunities that and others who reinforce our core identities. These differences divide us along racialized, sexualized, classized, geographicalized, genderized lines, and other variables. These divisions are natural; however, they canContinue reading “Stereotypes, Divisions, and Humans”
“Massive Resistance: The White Response to the Civil Rights Movement” – Book Review Series #2
Historians of the Modern Civil Rights Movement of the 1940s, 1950s, and 1960s naturally tend to focus on the movement’s activism and the variety of forms it took. White segregationists receive much less attention, and when they are covered, they sometimes become monolithic historical actors. Although somewhat natural perhaps because history does tend to focusContinue reading ““Massive Resistance: The White Response to the Civil Rights Movement” – Book Review Series #2”
Dr. Andrew Joseph Pegoda 