rhetoric
Mark Zuckerberg, Rhetoric, and the “Huge Healthy Glacier”
Rhetoric always matters. Just days after scientists (science is real!) announced that a trillion ton glacier broke off of Antarctica, Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg made this calculated post: From a perspective of intertextuality, it’s only real purpose can be to falsely… Read More ›
21 Assumptions Revealed by 21 Words and Pieces of Plastic Claiming to Support Soldiers
We seldom stop and think about how much we assume and how much our world assumes of us. In this blog article, I do a detailed analysis of such a situation working form the following display. I’m not pointing to… Read More ›
“The Shack” (2017): Representations and Uses of Christian Theology
Stuart Hazeldine’s The Shack (2017) is one of the latest in a flood of recent Christian-themed movies. Unlike many of its cousin films, The Shack adopts a much more progressive interpretation of Christian Theology that sharply contrasts with that of Fundamentalist Christian Theology. The Shack challenges… Read More ›
Comments about the Rhetoric of Dining in Restaurants in the United States
In the social institution we call the restaurant, there is a disjuncture between eating and eating being possible. In other words, the process of eating is not a collaborative process with those who make eating possible. Countless people are involved in… Read More ›
Politicians, “Lies,” and the Urgency of Decoding
This afternoon CNN Reporter Rick Santorum (yes, you read that correctly) said that Barack Obama constantly singles out and criticizes people of Christian faith. He also said: …I take big issue because President Obama was probably one of the most vindictive… Read More ›
Serving the Nation and Everyday Microaggressions
On the way to lunch today I heard part of an NPR report where the broadcaster gave thanks to those who “were brave enough to serve.” This struck me and deserves some comments since he chose to not simply say “who… Read More ›
