Apologies for the silence, dear readers.  Uni work has been chaotic.  I had so many lovely posts I wanted to write, but Uni took all my words.  In the last 20 days (I figured this out last night), I have written 5 essays and a reflective journal, cumulatively around 15,000 words, and attended 36 hours [...]

I’m trying to get some of the shorter, link-ier posts out of this blog, so I can (theoretically, when I actually have time to write) be more substantive.  Also, less vein.  Consequently, I have started a Tumblr, where I can be as teen-angsty as I like, and post random crap you don’t really care about.  [...]

Sorry about the silence.  I’ve been flat-out working on an essay for my US Constitution class this week.  All I’ll add is this: Glenn Greenwald, you are my hero.
But last night, our Key Issues in American Culture class started.  It was awesome.  It was just like the one lecture Stephen Robertson gave to our introductory [...]

Thanks to Jonathan from uni for reminding me of this song, which is awesome and in 9/4 time, and has never yet featured in Sufjan Love of The Week!!

On Wednesday night, Bush administration official Barry Jackson came to speak to our class.  When I got a chance to ask a question, I asked whether digital media has transformed the American political landscape.  Oh, yes, he said.  In fact, he could not emphasize enough how big the change is.  And while he was certainly [...]