What You See Is What You Get
Once upon at time, one never knew who might be revealed by those robes, like Vincent Price laughing behind a mask. But those times are behind us.
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The New Republican and Democratic Parties
It seems that a new incarnation of the Democratic-Republican duopoly is upon us, and instead region, race or class, the guiding factor is ideology.
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My Second Book: Welcome to the Oglala Nation
I’m happy to announce that my 2nd book, entitled Welcome to the Oglala Nation: A Documentary Reader in Oglala Lakota Political History, was recently published Nebraska Press.
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Burning My Confederate Flag
Well, the Duke Boys are at it again. Along with Tricky Dick, Lynyrd Skynyrd, a polyester flag, and a wayward Zippo. Wonder what Boss Hogg’ll make of this one.
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Baltimore’s May Murders
May was an exceptionally violent month here in Baltimore. The city witnessed dozens of shootings and 42 murders, the most murders in any one month since 1990.
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Year of the Sheep
This is my year. The Chinese restaurant paper place mat told me so. And I’m gonna own it.
Sugar Sweet
The Professor has to travel all the way to Scotland to enjoy the fruity flavor of a cane sugar Dr. Pepper.
Almost Famous, Californication, The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, and Boomers’ Fading Glory
Rock n Roll, as a dominant cultural ideal, an adolescent identity, and a vital musical form, is the stuff of a prior generations. It’s of the 20th century, not the 21st.
Tchotchkes and Latkes
I know some words and I know what they sound like. And tchotchke does not sound like Joanie Loves Chachi or bocce ball.
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