Category: Current Events

Last week, I introduced my literature students to the poem, “The Second Coming,” William Butler Yeats’s vision of modern apocalypse in a world where “things fall apart” as “anarchy

A few years back, John Mayer had a hit song called “Waiting for the World to Change.” It’s a catchy song with great guitar work, but it always

The backside of the Confederate monument at the North Carolina capital building in Raleigh, NC. I have spent much of the past month preparing to move from Raleigh,

I had planned to write something nice about the start of a new school year today. And I suppose I still could have. I have the privilege to

In recent days there has been a lot of discussion in the news about the recent vote to repeal internet privacy. While it is perhaps shocking that this

As time passes, it’s easy to forget what you once were like, what was most important in your life, what ideas you held most dear. That’s my story

  I’m firmly #nevertrump.   Trump insults everybody, lies for apparently no reason, and represents nothing that I would hope for in a president.   I know some

I woke up earlier than normal yesterday, stumbled into the living room and turned on the TV. I don’t normally watch TV in the morning, but this day

This might not be the methodology taught in Blogging 101, but I’m going to lead with the punchline: I won’t quote Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. because I