A Thought

I thought about titling this post “I Have a Dream” but to compare my aspirations for college scholarship to the radical (I mean that in a good way) world-changing aspirations of Dr. King seemed a bit disrespectful.
So anyway, my dream is that the blog format will one day (soon, preferably before I finish undergrad) become [...]

A Scholarly Approach to the Culture Wars

Care to guess the why it is difficult to write a college research paper deconstructing the ideas of the conservative culture war? None of the seminal works on the subject (O’Reilly, Hanity, etc.) have the legitimacy to be included in a University library. I have one Buchanan book from 1988. This is frustrating.

The Humble Experience of Choosing a Major

When I was a young Private in the Army and would come home for leave, I’d hear my high school friends going on and on about their major in college and how confused they were. This was annoying, because I didn’t care. It sounded immature to me, being the highly traveled, matured adult Soldier that [...]

Reminiscing

sigh

Back to School Easy Listening

First day of school on Uncle Sam’s dime via the GI Bill.
FYI, I’l be getting about $1,300 a month to pay for books, tuition, fees, and life expenses like rent, food, utilities, etc.
John McCain thinks this is adequate and fair.
Barack Obama co-sponsored a bill that becomes effectve next fall that pays for all [...]