Live & Loud 1968 by Freddie King – A Review
Towards the end of last year, I was browsing in a record store and ran…
Valentine's Day
I have often said that there is no thing more worthy of a holiday than…
Allies, Gentrification and Privilege
I wrote a post the other day where I complained that the nature of academic…
The Great Emancipator
Today is February 12th, Abraham Lincoln's birthday, so it seems appropriate to say a little…
Beck and Beyoncé
For starters, I don't pay any attention to the Grammy Awards. I think the last…
Basic Life Skills
There are certain basic life skills everyone should have. It's one of the major failures…
Things
Do you ever wonder how something becomes a Thing? I wonder about it all the…
American Oppressed Minority That Used To Be Enslaved History Month
A couple years ago, a student was working with me on a history paper. She…
Remakes and Reboots
I saw the final installment of Peter Jackson's Hobbit trilogy. Apparently (according to the credits),…
