Social Media Fallacies

Want to be better? Want to be taken even more seriously? Want to take down your enemies, ahem, I mean refute your opposition politely? Then it may be worth paying more attention to flaws in logic or argument. In writing circles, we call these…

Race: Voices that Matter, like Halstead’s and Hutcherson’s

People often ask me where to get started to learn more about race and the situation with institutional racism in the United States. These two articles are almost always discussed in my college writing classes for a number of reasons, but not because they…

How to Respond to people Amidst a Crisis: POTOW & Let Dave Chappelle Show You

Get a message through the fire to the other side

Good Stories: Civility, even to the “Other”

In this political landscape where so many stories one could tell are traps for this side or that side, it’s refreshing to hear a positive story about politics. This week in Stafford, Virginia, a Muslim man who is running for congress got some hate…

Psychic Pay

What would energize you mentally?

Ministers of Loneliness, Addiction, and Social Connection

HBO’s Vice News reported on the UK’s new Minister of Loneliness. Yes, loneliness. Not loveliness. This is not a joke. During the segment, they quoted a startling statistic that, by one count, 14% of the nation’s people reported being “often lonely” or “lonely all…

Conversations: Mental Illness or Masculinity?

After yet another school shooting, this one in Parkland, FL at Stoneman Douglas High School. Things are happening after this, the 18th school shooting in the US so far this year (and it’s only February). Young high schoolers are asking for change and are…

The New Ms. Marvel Rocks My Socks

If you haven’t yet gotten into G. Willow Wilson’s new Ms. Marvel series, stop what you’re doing and order it. I first heard about this new Ms. Marvel storyline from a news article a few years ago that reported the new Ms. Marvel is…

One Value of Memoirs

Just so we’re clear, I’m not usually a big fan of memoir writing. There are so many books out there and a lot of memoir writing is just some dude or lady talking about the mundanity of her or his life. However, some have…