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Dream the Dream

April 12, 2009 Dr. J 3 Comments

In the spirit of hope, resurrection and mid-life second chances that the Easter story promises, here’s a little glimpse into one great day in the the life of Susan Boyle. Can I have a napkin, please?

Shooting Fish in a Barrel

April 10, 2009 Leigh M. Johnson 1 Comment

Just go ahead and file this away in the “Amazing Adventures in Double Entendre” File. In an attempt to resuscitate the revolutionary patriotism of Bostonians circa 1773, FOXNews and the Republican Party are calling on their constituents to organize their own April 15th “Tea Party” to protest President Obama’s tax policies. What’s more, they’ve also…

Cosmopsis

April 10, 2009 Leigh M. Johnson 4 Comments

A long time ago, as an undergraduate, I took a course on contemporary American literature that included several texts by John Barth, including The End of the Road (1958, revised 1967). I was in the full glory days of my existentialist period at the time, so Barth’s The End of the Road and the twin…

The Problem With Packin’

April 7, 2009 Leigh M. Johnson 1 Comment

Ahhhh, Texas. Turns out their legislature is considering allowing students over 21 to carry concealed guns on campus. Supporters say that there’s good reason for this manifestly ridiculous idea, of course, citing the tragedy at Virginia Tech almost two years ago and, I suppose, the fact that there weren’t enough armed students to make that…

Justifying Prejudice

April 6, 2009 Leigh M. Johnson 6 Comments

The image to the left is a postcard that someone sent to PostSecret, an online website that asks people to write their “secrets” on one side of a postcard and mail them in anonymously. (I’ve written about PostSecret before on this blog.) It is the brainchild of Frank Warren, who now travels all over the…

Jeremiah Wright, in his own words

April 4, 2009 Leigh M. Johnson 1 Comment

I attended Rev. Jeremiah Wright’s lecture “Some Through the Fire! Some Through the Flood!” last night at the University of Memphis as part of the conference “The Obama Phenomenon: Race and Political Discourse in the United States Today.” I have to admit that I wasn’t really sure what to expect. Like most Americans, the only…

ObamaRama

April 3, 2009 Leigh M. Johnson Comments Off

I’m attending the much-anticipated conference at the University of Memphis this weekend, “The Obama Phenomenon: Race and Political Discourse in the United States Today.” The keynote address is this evening and is being delivered by Rev. Jeremiah Wright. Our local news broadcasts have done all they could in the past week to stir up controversy…

Month: April 2009

Dream the Dream

Shooting Fish in a Barrel

Cosmopsis

The Problem With Packin’

Justifying Prejudice

Jeremiah Wright, in his own words

ObamaRama

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