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July 2012

July 26, 2012

Review of “The Longest Daycare”

My latest post at Formative Justice is a review of the Simpsons short film — The Simpsons:...

July 23, 2012

Respect for the Sanctity of Life Requires a Holistic, Catholic Approach

I am sometimes accused of holding positions that are so highly idiosyncratic, no one else could...

July 23, 2012

Guest Lecture Tomorrow

Tomorrow I will deliver my second guest lecture at the Catholic Church of St. Paul...

July 21, 2012

Lyrics

Anticipating my show at the Red Stag tonight, here are the lyrics of two of the...

July 20, 2012

Live at The Red Stag

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July 13, 2012

An Important New Blog: The Recovering Scientist

Greetings from the Republic of Texas! In my recent talk on Augustine and Monica, I...

July 13, 2012

Vocational Bribery, Academic Blackmail

A former colleague of mine recently sent an e-mail lamenting his lack of summertime productivity...

July 10, 2012

Update

Things have been quiet here with lots of good stuff going on here locally. Yesterday...

July 06, 2012

July 6, 2012 6:32pm

In my latest contribution to Contending Modernities — a blog based at the University of Notre...

July 04, 2012

The Rumpus Does it Again

The Rumpus has been consistently producing “must read” original essays on my Twitter feed. This...

July 03, 2012

Forthcoming Guest Lecture on Augustine’s Confessions

One week from today, I will be giving the first of two guest lectures at...

June 2012

June 30, 2012

Abstract: The Blue Soul of Jazz

Just a day before the deadline, I’ve finished an abstract of a chapter for a...

June 27, 2012

A Beautiful Story

In my final address to Wabash College, I told a story I often tell in...

June 26, 2012

New Noisetrade Album

Things have been slow here over the past few days due to sickness. While I...

June 23, 2012

Tomorrow: Mexicansoulmusique @Gather4Good

FINAL NOTICE: Tomorrow Shawn Kolles and I will be playing three sets of music at...

June 23, 2012

Review: Liquid Crystal Project 3

(Liquid Crystal Project 3, Groove Attack / Polar Ent / Greenstreets) This review is about...

June 20, 2012

Dear Dean Sidorkin, Sign me up for the revolution

Alexander Sidorkin is a decorated philosopher of education — and Dean of the Feinstein School...

June 18, 2012

On Not Missing Facebook

When deleted my Facebook account, I felt some trepidation. I was excited to get rid...

June 16, 2012

Noise Trading

I’ll be using NoiseTrade to offer free downloads of my music during the summer. Albums...

June 16, 2012

‘Freedom for Love’ at NoiseTrade

FOR A LIMITED TIME ONLY, my debut EP, Freedom for Love, is available for free...

June 16, 2012

New Review – Heidegger’s Philosophic Pedagogy

Educational Philosophy and Theory has published my review of Michael Ermantraut’s book, Heidegger’s Philosophic Pedagogy....

June 15, 2012

Moving Update and Design Changes

We arrived in the Twin Cities around 4:30 am, after a very smooth, overnight drive...

June 13, 2012

A Comment About Not Working Hard

Yesterday I came across an article at The Chronicle of Higher Education about academics at...

June 12, 2012