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God, This Movie is Awfully Damned Trite!
The most fascinating thing about the movie ‘God is Not Dead’ isn’t the conflict between atheism and Christianity; it’s the tension between narrative and argumentative styles of presentation. The...
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An Uncommon Holiday Celebration
Take a look at this image from an old Thanksgiving celebration. It’s part of an exhibit at the Alaska Native Heritage Center (which is definitely worth a visit if you are ever in Anchorage). These...
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Underdogs All the Way Up!
Sled dogs waiting patiently So, I am enjoying the Alaska Native Studies conference in Fairbanks last weekend, and one of the many things that keeps catching my attention is a persistent use of outside...
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I Rant! I Does!
My gal thinks I’m grumpy. I really don’t know why. Context? We don’t need no freaking context! Let’s just get this started… 1) Reform happens. What needs reforming; who will take charge of the reform...
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Son of a Bullet Point Mind: Cold Reading the Textbook
It was a few years back. I had a couple students I had agreed to help with a reading. Since I didn’t think they were reading at all, I thought I would begin the session by simply giving them time to...
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Pedagogical Metaphors From Half-Baked to Totally Stale
Pedagogical metaphors are like a sober friend on your way out an especially good party. You can lean on him a bit. If he’s a good friend, you can lean a little more. Lean too much and you both fall in...
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Creeditize it! …or Don’t.
Last week a man named Trebor Gordon, Pastor for the Harris County GOP, tried to block a Muslim, Syed Ali, from serving as a precinct chair for the Republican Party in Harris County, Texas. As reported...
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A Cheating Post
In high school, I could hardly be bothered to cheat, mostly because I could hardly be bothered at all. The freshman class president once offered to do all my English assignments for me. All I had to do...
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Biases All the Way Down, Yes, but Some Biases are More Troublesome Than Others
Bending to the Left? When I listen to people complaining about indoctrination in the schools or dismissing perfectly sound journalism by chanting the mantra “fake news,” I’m always struck by the...
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For an Uncertain Value of “Deals With.”
Prudhoe Bay Indigenous communities in Alaska are just like those in the lower 48! …only not at all. Seriously, there are some significant differences in the way these communities are defined, along...
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