whew! what a semester!

it took me a while to blog. this past semester was difficult. i took nine hours and taught two classes. i will do the same thing in the spring. but busting butt now means finishing course work by next fall. i’m anxious to get to the PhD. for those of you who have perused my […]

Developing a mosaic

As I follow several developments in Iraq, Turkey, and many parts of Africa, as well as Iran, Venezuela, and the United States, I begin to see linearity as almost a slippery slope; each story provides a perspective, and almost like a chicken scratching for food, I follow the various strands flowing from each story. I’ve […]

The key word is THINK (RED)

“Appeals to the past are among the commonest of strategies in interpretations of the present.” Edward Said, Culture and Imperialism, 1993 I’m currently working on several research projects, including a project that explores President George W. Bush’s rhetoric concerning the Department of Homeland Security, how violent crime has been covered in Philadelphia, and how AIDS […]

Introduction

In August, I will begin the second year of my PhD program, and I am in the process of discovering my areas of interest. As I have begun to unpack what I have read over the past two semesters – a task that I think is more arduous than actually reading the literature – I […]