I am addicted to the reality show “The Traitors.” I will admit it. I have seen all the US seasons and every other season available
The Rhetorical Weapons of Cognitive Surrender
“That’s your opinion” is more commonly used as a rhetorical weapon for cognitive surrender. “That’s your opinion” is perfectly fine in a discussion on the
The Scavenger Hunt: Boston Common, Executions and Pirates
The Scavenger Hunt Found it. When friends ask how my weekend was, I often go slack-jawed — my memory goes blank. This weekend, I kind
The Duplicitous Nature of Equal
Has “equal” ever truly meant equal in the U.S., or have we always been under the cognitive surrender of flawed logic? Famously, the Declaration of Independence states,
Disappearing from a Shelf Near You: Banned Books and the Librarians Who Save Them
Last Saturday was a lot. I taught a yoga class and dashed immediately after to a screening and panel discussion of the documentary Library, then
Time for Different?
Around this time twelve years ago, I set out to start a blog. I gave myself two months, and in July 2014, I published my
Balancing on Unstable Surfaces 