Trump as Trickster? Unfair to Trickster!
January 24, 2018 9:45 am 4 CommentsWhenever folks talk about Tricksters in politics and culture, the conversation often gets around to President Donald Trump, isn’t he...
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Curing Educational Amnesia With A Meaningful High School Diploma
January 18, 2018 12:20 pm 3 CommentsMuch of the education debate is over what knowledge is most important and who is best qualified to teach it...
Executive Order 13769
December 8, 2017 2:16 pm Leave your thoughtsImmigration is complicated. Suffering is not. I’m a student with more questions than answers on issues of immigration and terrorism....
Syvia Siegel, 1921-2017
November 21, 2017 2:05 pm 2 CommentsNovember 19, 2017 My mother, Syvia Siegel, died on Tuesday, November 14. She was 95.917 years old and would have...
Katniss Everdeen and Michael Bennett: Separated at Birth?
September 16, 2017 10:47 am Leave your thoughtsThis is about the sports-industrial complex, not about sports. You may be someone who loves watching the games and are...
A Disruptive Play Podcast . . . Something’s Coming!
August 4, 2017 11:52 am Leave your thoughtsA conversation about Disruptive Play: The Trickster in Politics and Culture (2018) . Play champion Kara Fortier allowed me to cast...