activism… Why You’re Scared and Why It’s Not A Personal Failing 24 Oct 202525 Nov 2025 Several years ago, before the pandemic, the Institute for Precarious Consciousness released a zine: "We Are All Very Anxious." The thesis of the zine was that capitalism generally has a…
activism… On “Diary of A Man in Despair” 18 Mar 202520 Sep 2025 Per Goodreads, Friedrich Reck-Malleczewen "began a secret diary in May 1936, which describes how a psychosis enveloped an entire society, enabling Hitler's rise to power, and the Nazi regime. His…
activism… Face to Face with Fascism: Reflections on The Long March for Unity and Justice 14 Dec 202431 Dec 2024 Foreshadowing By late September, I was nearly certain Donald Trump would win the election. The signs were everywhere, figuratively and literally—even in unexpected places like the Long March for Unity…
climate… The Next Disaster 29 Sep 202429 Sep 2024 Western North Carolina is in crisis, along with much of the southeastern United States. My aunt in Tennessee was woken at 2:00 a.m. by the sheriff’s department, warning of the…
activism… Pineview Manor: Gentrification and Displacement in Fayetteville’s Branson Area and Savoy Heights 5 Sep 20247 Sep 2024 If you're curious about gentrification in Fayetteville, take a drive down Branson Street and Turnpike Road. The area is at the early-to-mid stages of transformation. Branson runs parallel to Simpson…
Teaching… Public Funds, Private Schools 21 Sep 202321 Sep 2023 On Glensford Drive here in Fayetteville one could be forgiven for not even noticing Montclair Elementary School, lost as it is in the enormous shadow of Berean Baptist Church. Across…
activism… Diary of the Nazi Years 1 Jun 201912 May 2024 I'm reading the 1933-1945 diaries of Victor Klemperer, a German academic of Jewish descent. Though a Christian for practical purposes, Klemperer's "ethnic" Judaism and his detailed, personal writing make his…
Genealogy… Why I Don’t Respect the Confederate Legacy 8 Mar 201825 Jul 2021 Preface I love the South. I also hate the South. I am descended from at least thirteen ancestors who fought for the Confederacy during the American Civil War. Many Americans…
Sports The Hornets Nickname: A Brief History 4 Mar 201827 Jul 2021 I was born in 1985 in Charlotte, North Carolina. In 1988, the Charlotte Hornets, an NBA franchise, began playing basketball at the Charlotte Coliseum. My mom, an avid sports fan,…
Genealogy The Murder of Joseph H. James: Part II 3 Feb 20188 Jul 2021 When I was in the gym the other morning I saw a commercial for Ancestry.com. Fancy graphics and promises of using your DNA to discover, in the case of the…
An Unhappy Consciousness 