As we say goodbye to Jon Stewart we take heart that his message lives on through John Oliver, former correspondent on “The Daily Show,” and his HBO show “Last Week Tonight.” Â His segments on issues that quite frankly we should be paying more attention to are top notch. Â For those who love food and have [...]
As we stare into the big black hole left by a departing Jon Stewart, what will we miss? Â What did The Daily Show bring for the past 16 years and what will we be searching for now that Jon is gone? Â In Teaching as a Subversive Activity by Postman and Weingartner, the authors ask what [...]
If you are reading this it means you’re human (probably) and have most likely at some point had a job you hated.  I worked as a mover for a summer. I hated it (although it did improve my strength and I had my best soccer season taking the scoring title).  But I still hated the [...]
Do we live in a just society? Â If injustice prevails to even the smallest degree can we call our society just? Â Or can the cancerous moles that are injustices against citizens be they minorities, outsiders, the marginalized, be covered up and ignored so that we delude ourselves in the fact that we have a justice [...]
I have run into many writing students who believe that because they are creative, they can write. Â We are all creative in many different ways. Â In fact, I would say creativity is written in our very nature as humans. Â Creative writing is one of the expressions of this nature. Â However, it’s a far cry from [...]
A lot of the posts on this site are going to be about writing. How to write, what to write about, why write, writing for blogs, writing novels, the business of writing, basically anything related to writing is fair game. It’s what I do and want to do more of so if I always keep [...]