Essays, Papers and Academic Musings

• Anti-Consumerism and Anti-Consumption as Expressions of American Exceptionalism

• A Critical Reflection on 'Free Will' by Sam Harris

• Big Fracking Deal: Earthquakes and Other Environmental Concerns - Implications, Politics, and Policy in Oil Patch States

• Critical Reflections on When Science Meets Region - Part 1 of 5

• Critical Reflections on When Science Meets Region - Part 2 of 5

• Critical Reflections on When Science Meets Region - Part 3 of 5

• Critical Reflections on When Science Meets Region - Part 4 of 5

• Critical Reflections on When Science Meets Region - Part 5 of 5

• Critical Reflections on Why Truth Matters - Part 1 of 3

• Critical Reflections on Why Truth Matters - Part 2 of 3

• Critical Reflections on Why Truth Matters - Part 3 of 3

• Cyberbullying, Hate Speech and Democracy

• Emotional Intelligence: Exploring Nonverbal Behavior And Facial Expression in Emotional Contagion

• In Defense Of A Fair Living Wage

• Information Glut as a Catalyst of the Fragmentation of Self: Implications of Advertising

• Implications of Social Networking on Identity: Ontological Impacts of Marketing, Privacy and Relationships

• The Life of Knowledge A Reflection on Too Big To Know by David Weinberger

• Marketing ​Is ​Culture - Reflections on ‘Age of Persuasion: How Marketing Ate Our Culture’

• Mental Health and Psychopathy in Popular Culture Media: An Analysis of NBC'S ‘Hannibal’

• On Being Certain: A Critical Reflection in Four Parts

• Patriotism and Religion in Persisting Social Stratification: The Evolution of Knowledge

• Reflection on 'Too Big to Know: Rethinking Knowledge...'

• Rhetorical Moves and Devices In Writing: A University Essay
  A Focus on Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong James W. Loewen 

• Social Media Literacy: A Speech Transcript

• The New York Times Coverage of Presidential Sex Scandals: Clinton-Lewinsky and the Role of the Press

RANDOM MUSINGS

• 225 Years Later...Get To Know Your Fathers

• America The Anxious, America The Paranoid

• An American EBT (Food Stamp) Narrative...

• A Disgrace to Democracy...A Rant

• "Bad Words" like "Mainstream Media"

• Credit Ratings Perpetuating Poverty

• From Lab To Field, And On Your Knee

• Fundamentally Unsafe: High Fructose Corn Syrup (HFCS) Health Risks and Personal Responsibility

• Growth and Change: An Artistic Standpoint

• Worshiping At The Flagpole of a False Idol