I’ve been following presidential elections since Ronald Reagan ran for office in 1980. I wasn’t able to vote in that one, but I could vote in a presidential election for the first time in 1984. This election cycle seems to me … Continue reading Understanding “Bernie or Bust”
My friend Paul Corrigan (Ph.D., Purdue U.; Asst. Prof. of English, Southeastern University) has developed the following questionnaire for English majors who did not go into teaching or on to graduate school. He hopes to gather results to develop a guide for other English majors who intend to follow the same path. He will collect responses and make them publicly available. If you could pass this link along to potentially interested English grads he would very much appreciate it. https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1nuMfaj-drN2Cc1PmtEfkbVxUY2wrkBn1WwD4ok4TmY0/viewform?c=0&w=1 Thanks very much, Jim Continue reading Questionnaire for English Grads
I took my twelve year old son to see Batman v. Superman yesterday. He enjoyed it. I enjoyed it. I thought it was flawed, don’t get me wrong, but I enjoyed it. I think I enjoyed it because I was watching … Continue reading Recommendation for a New Movie Rating…
Marty’s haiku about Anatidaephobia, which is a pervasive, irrational fear that one is being watched by a duck, wins the internet today. Continue reading A-Z Challenge Theme Reveal
As of 11:00 p.m. ET, of the fourteen states that have completed both GOP and Democratic Party primaries… Hillary Clinton has won the following states: AL, AR, GA, IA, LA, MA, MS, NV, SC, TN, TX, VA Donald Trump has won the following states: AL, AR, GA, LA, MA, MS, NV, NH, SC, TN, VA, VT Both Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump have won ten out of fourteen states in common, all of them southern states. The states voting for Trump are also voting for Clinton. What does that mean? These are the states that are probably going to vote GOP … Continue reading Trump vs. Hillary, State by State
