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I blog for the promotion of critical thinking and cultural, historical, and philosophical literacy.
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• 239 visits. 180 hours. Office Hours.

  By Dr. Andrew Joseph Pegoda on November 29, 2019 • ( 1 )

  

  I continue to really love office hours (and even thrive on them!), and I had another semester of wonderful and very busy office hours, even busier than last semester! Here’s the data breakdown for the Fall 2019 semester. (Added 11/29… Read More ›

• Notes on Invisible and Unpaid Labor 

  By Dr. Andrew Joseph Pegoda on November 11, 2019 • ( 4 )

  

  I regularly think about invisible labor and unpaid labor–it’s everywhere.  For invisible labor: We don’t see the people who empty our office trash cans. We don’t know the people who pick our fruits and vegetables and who deliver them to… Read More ›

• Big Business and the Media that Facilitates Its Lies, Chick-fil-A Edition

  By Dr. Andrew Joseph Pegoda on November 10, 2019 • ( 2 )

  

  In September 2019, Chick-fil-A opened its first location outside of the United States in Toronto, Canada. The problem — this is a lie.  Chick-fil-A actually opened its first location in Canada in the mid-1990s but was unsuccessful. Chick-fil-A attempted another,… Read More ›

• Elephant (Poem Reading, Video)

  By Dr. Andrew Joseph Pegoda on November 9, 2019 • ( 2 )

  

  My students and I did a reading of Elisabet Velasquez’s poem “Elephant.” We took a few creative liberties in the process. The poem addresses gender, harassment, and resistance, among other issues.  The video follows. Please watch, like, and share! Thanks!… Read More ›

• October Sunsets in Texas

  By Dr. Andrew Joseph Pegoda on October 21, 2019 • ( 1 )

  

   Check out these videos from my Rexing Dash Cam! (I have cams in the front and back of my vehicle.) Don’t you love all of the colors and contrasts!  Dr. Andrew Joseph Pegoda

• What’s Happening at NBC Entertainment? 

  By Dr. Andrew Joseph Pegoda on October 13, 2019 • ( 1 )

  

  NBC Entertainment currently has a number of high-quality, status-quo-challenging programs.  As previously written, in its twenty-first season now, Law and Order: Special Victims Unit brings attention to the systemic problem that is sexual violence. In contrast to rhetoric spoken and… Read More ›

• I’m an Ordained Minister.

  By Dr. Andrew Joseph Pegoda on September 8, 2019 • ( 2 )

  

  In my Secularisms and Atheisms class, students are reading Living the Secular Life. In one place, the author talks about the Universal Life Church that allows people to easily become ordained. Curious, I Googled “Universal Life Church.” The website asks… Read More ›