Sunday, September 25, 2016

Running for Office and Surviving the Gender Wars

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The other day, I read a wonderful article in the Washington Post, about how female debaters are often held to different standards from male ...
Monday, September 5, 2016

Liberals and Conservatives-- What Do These Words Even Mean?

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The Fall semester is about to begin and I'll be teaching my course in Political Communication; it's a non-partisan exploration of th...
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Saturday, August 20, 2016

Radio: Still a Magical Medium (Some Thoughts on National Radio Day)

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The other night, I attended an anniversary party-- hundreds of enthusiastic fans, along with local sports celebrities and sportswriters, gat...
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Friday, August 12, 2016

The Show Must Go On

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Sometimes, I feel as if life has turned into a giant reality TV show.  Of course, this feeling is not new-- way back in the early 1600s, a...
Saturday, July 30, 2016

RNC versus DNC: Two Very Different Visions of America

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The past two weeks have been kind of surreal: I watched four nights of the Republican convention and then four nights of the Democratic conv...
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Tuesday, July 12, 2016

Telling the Truth About White Privilege

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It was 2012, and I was doing some volunteer work as a Big Sister.  My Little Sister was a truly adorable African-American ten year old. She ...
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Thursday, June 30, 2016

A Few Thoughts at the End of June

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One of the most challenging aspects of recovering from surgery is being stuck at home for days, even weeks, with lots of time on your hands....