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Trump and the Blood Libel

Posted on July 4, 2020 by The Academic Raven

I have said before that Trump has intentionally evoked thinly veiled white supremacist rhetoric. I’ll cover a few instances of this before noting what I found most disturbing in his speech from Tulsa, and what it has to do with … Continue reading →

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Who Made Whom? The Legacy of Fingerpointing in the Era of Trump

Posted on June 17, 2019 by The Academic Raven

Someone posted this as pushback to the fear and bewilderment at Trump and his ilk, and the rise of fascistic ideology springing up worldwide. I felt the need to reply. “How did this happen you ask? You created “us” when … Continue reading →

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Losing Treasures; the Need for Cursive

Posted on April 9, 2017 by The Academic Raven

Article for the school paper, March, 2017 I have a treasure in my home, but I cannot access it. The treasure is a box of letters and postcards from grandparents, great-grandparents, great aunts, and others of my family. I am … Continue reading →

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The Value of Truth

Posted on February 9, 2017 by The Academic Raven

An essay penned for the school paper, Feb 3, 2017 This was not, in fact, the piece I intended to write. But as I scanned the news this morning, I was compelled to comment. Let me say first that my … Continue reading →

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Why Religion in Education Matters: Basic Science Literacy

Posted on February 18, 2015 by The Academic Raven

I posted about this photo below a while back. (Click to enlarge.) The web was oddly ambivalent about whether this is really part of a science textbook; even Snopes wouldn’t come down and confirm it. (http://message.snopes.com/showthread.php?t=62120) So I held my nose … Continue reading →

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The American Dream: A cultural theory perspective

Posted on December 18, 2014 by The Academic Raven

I recently got chatting with someone I met on a political forum and found myself in a (surprisingly and pleasantly civil) political discussion. The other person and I tend to come from rather different views, but our discourse has been … Continue reading →

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How to have a wonderful, magical, non-theist Christmas!

Posted on December 6, 2012 by The Academic Raven

(This is reposted from an old LiveJournal post I made ages ago. I get asked for it again every year, and for some odd reason, July not-withstanding, it came up today on FaceBook. So here it is again!) I have … Continue reading →

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