academia – Think 31

A Dose of Reality in a World of Hyperbole

Ok…I get it…I really do. There have been some Supreme Court decisions this week that have riled some and made others happy. I

26 Jun

Historians like to point to the 20th century as the age of authoritarianism, characterized by the rise of Fascism as well as

22 Jun

When Lewis and Clark chose to explore the Mississippi River (with the backing of President Jefferson and the immeasurable

09 Jun

Remember when you were in high school all those years ago? For me it was decades—longer than I’d like to remember, but just

29 May

There has been the past few years a push to ban what has been termed cultural appropriation throughout Western society. Much

16 Mar

The Slow Dissolution of our National Unity The United States was founded upon one basic principle; the freedom of the

11 Mar

We don’t like to admit it, but humans are creatures of habit. Essentially, that’s what the study of history is: Studying

17 Feb

I find myself reading Orwell quite a bit. Not so much because of his political stances, although I find his arguments on

17 Jan

I’m about to quit—give up and give in. No matter where I look or how far down the road I see, it’s still there. It’s in my

02 Jan

I hate filling out forms. The good news is that with modern word processors most of the most tedious jobs are done: name,

29 Dec