"Do you ever think about things that you do think about?" (Inherit the Wind)
A draft of the regime’s “Reconciliation Policy” is out. Local Nicaraguan media in Nicaragua have it. Here’s what we know so far, as reported in La Prensa: 1. The draft is about 26-pages long. 2. The Orteguista Police (OP) will…
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Many years ago, in Dresden, a young African international student dropped off his white, German girlfriend after a date. He then took the streetcar back to his dorm. He never made it that far. Neo Nazis beat him up and…
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On Saturday, January 22, Onward State “killed” Joe Paterno. It took two tweets: The tweets have since been removed from Onward State’s feed. The image above is a screen capture I took from Poyntner’s account of the incident. According to Poyntner,…
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The PCA/ACA Confefence is underway in San Antonio. This is the annual meeting of the Popular Culture and American Culture Associations. This year, the South West Texas chapter of PCA/ACA is a co-organizer, so welcome to Texas y’all. I will…
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I had heard about this assignment in the past, this idea of having students go without any media for 24 hours. I’m not sure who originated it, but it is definitely one of those assignments that has picked up steam…
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In 2007, Politicstv.com began compiling a weekly top 10 list of political videos. At the time, the site had been in existence for about a year. They were described as “a progressive political news Internet video channel featuring news, opinion…
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Some thoughts on AoIR 10: Internet Critical.