“Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts. Broad, wholesome, charitable views of men and things cannot be acquired by vegetating in one little corner of the earth all one’s lifetime.” Mark Twain, The Innocents Abroad When I was in seventh grade in 1977, […]
Like Seattle with Palm Trees: The Academic Redneck Arrives in Hawaii Read More »
Tomorrow, yours truly, the Academic Redneck, embarks on a once-in-a-lifetime historical study adventure, “Iwo Jima and the War in the Pacific,” through Stephen Ambrose Historical Tours. My trip will begin in Honolulu, Hawaii, where I’ll tour the USS Arizona and other relevant Pearl Harbor landmarks. Then it’s on to Guam, Saipan, and Tinian before climbing Mt.
A Fourteen-Day Tour: The Academic Redneck Heads to the Pacific Read More »
Previous Weight Loss (November 28, 2016-February 5, 2018): 27.6 pounds Weight Loss (February 5-March 5, 2018): 6.8 pounds Total Weight Loss (November 28, 2016-March 5, 2018): 34.4 pounds Yay me! I’ve battled back to the weight loss I had accomplished last October. I’m proud that I didn’t give up even when I had several months of setbacks and
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In Honor of Black History Month After last week’s horrific mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, it’s tempting to romanticize the past and imagine that obtaining an education was once not as dangerous of a proposition as it is now. However, the young people who led the charge to desegregate
Battleground Schools: The Little Rock Nine and the Fight for Desegregation Read More »
I teach a college course called United States History Since 1945. It’s a fun class because the students and I get to reflect on U.S. social, political, economic, and military history of the last seventy odd years. It’s one of those classes where I can show the hilarious episode of I Love Lucy called “Job
Heir to Springsteen: Eric Church and the American Psyche Read More »