Language & Literacy A Writing Life

Politics & Society

Democracy, capitalism, consumerism, war, critique of the social order

Pieces

• 1998Sociology 2 Frontier
• 1998I will fill this space
• 1999English 10C — Wiflred Owen Essay 2
• 2001Spectacle
• 2003Meditations
• 2006Why do Americans want to kill themselves and each other?
• 2007Future Building
• 2007War
• 2008Gun Reversal
• 2008Political Shifts
• 2008Thoughts On Money & Poverty: Part III
• 2008The Bigger Picture, Based on Our Current State of Affairs
• 2008Looking Beyond Election Day
• 2013The Federalist #10: The Role of Faction
• 2014Police And Use Of Force
• 2015On Segregation: Forcing Integration
• 2015Beyond Profiling: Deepening Classroom Discussions About Race
• 2015Complexity and Community: Beyond Control
• 2015We Need Charter AND District Systems: On Private-Public Partnerships
• 2016Lessons for both liberals and conservatives from Flint
• 2022It Takes More Than a Team
• 2023Speaking Ourselves into Being and Others into Silence: The Power of Language