On June 16th, 2022, I was finally discharged from the Army with a general (under honorable conditions) discharge. In September 2021,...

What are the markers of a person’s identity, and how does one define their culture? Historically, Anthropologists have studied cultures...

The careful curation of readings to conclude this class had me tying concepts together from the previous week and previous courses in the...

This week Norton and Roberts tackled the myth of race and the reality of racism, with further explanations of ethnicity and discussions...

The readings this week included chapter 5 of Cultural Geography: Environments, Landscapes, Identities, Inequalities by William Norton and...

This week's readings included chapter 3 in our text, Cultural Geography: Environments, Landscapes, Identities, Inequalities, as well as...

In my most recent class in graduate school, I studied cultural geography as part of Cal State University's Humanities program. In...

Today the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change released its sixth report of the current state of climate change, and what that means...

Failed immigration law is about a failed understanding of immigration challenges. Stop racist immigration reform. Vote!

Don’t feel bad for local restaurant owners who can’t get employees back to work. The truth is, those restaurants had a choice to treat...

Can consciousness be studied by a conscious mind? How do we define consciousness is modern and historical philosophy?

Simon Goldhill was correct in his assertion in "Love, Sex & Tragedy: How the Ancient World Shapes Our Lives," that society, culture, and...

Global change requires human interconnectivity whose foundation is the shared transcendent human experience, and symbolic representations...

Sweat burned my right eye as the dusty autumn air flew past my face. I dodged flying leaves and flecks of hay left and right, as my shins...

“I just don’t like to swim,” she insisted as Ashley’s persistent whine for companionship began to annoy her. “You’re no fun anymore! All...

I make a right turn out of the dingy basement hallway. She’s already waiting for me in the old staff bathroom with cracked tiled floors...

In Terrence Tilley's book, Inventing Catholic Tradition, Tilley attempts to define the elements of Catholic grammar, as an aspect of the...

This is a brief reflection on a reading done by one of my current favorites, Dunya Mikhail. The video referenced can be seen at the...

Oscar Wilde’s iconic life and career as a deeply philosophical literary artist was never better represented than through his intellectual...

The traditionally masculine and radically admirable traits of Jane Eyre are inspiration enough to want to analyze Charlotte Bronte’s...