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  • Traditional Masculinity in the ‘Rocky’ Films

    Traditional Masculinity in the ‘Rocky’ Films1

    For children, Fall is a time of new beginnings. A new school year begins, fall baseball or football practices start, and everything that happened last year becomes the foundation of new possibility. I’ve encouraged a family tradition with my three boys that we refer to as Manly Movie Night. The theme of it is fairly simple: we

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  • What Happened to American Civics?

    What Happened to American Civics?1

    My son’s school assigned a civics project for summer vacation. The project’s scope is expansive and spans from explaining the history and functions of the three branches of government to creating a flip book of landmark Supreme Court cases like Plessy v. Ferguson and Brown v Board of Education. One of the tasks is a minor level of

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  • Atlas Shrugs Twice: Individualism Among Incompetency and Injustice

    Atlas Shrugs Twice: Individualism Among Incompetency and Injustice1

    One fateful day in March 2020, the incompetent men shut down the world with lockdowns. It was the opposite of the premise in Atlas Shrugged. Who is John Galt? Who cares? The incompetent people could stop the motor of the world too. Atlas shrugs either by disappearing competence, or by an overwhelming mass of incompetence too

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  • What Kafka, COVID, and Music Have in Common

    What Kafka, COVID, and Music Have in Common0

    The last orchestral performance I went to was shortly after our local orchestra resumed limited, socially distanced performances after the initial shutdown. That was in November 2020, nearly two full months after Governor DeSantis had removed any official statewide restrictions. It was a Kafkaesque experience. At the dawn of the night, I felt really good about it.

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