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Author Archives: Ralph Hanson
Director James Gunn takes on critics of “cancel culture”
Movie director James Gunn has had his own personal run-in with the so-called “cancel culture,” aka being held accountable for things you have said. As you may recall, long before Gunn became a big-time Marvel Cinematic Universe director of the … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged cancel culture, DC, Dr. Seuss, James Gunn, Marvel, movies, offensive tweets, stupid on social media, Warner Brothers
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Is streaming the new a la carte cable? Or is it just more of the same?
Back in the the late 1980s, early 1990s, the television business started going through some big changes. For the first time ever, the original Big Three television networks (ABC, CBS and NBC) started changing ownership, going from the founders to … Continue reading
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Tagged cable, Disney, earthquake in slow motion, Hutchinson, Ken Auletta, Secret 4, streaming video, WandaVision
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Questions Worth Asking (Maybe)
Why did it take so long for Quaker Oats to abandon Aunt Jemima as a pancake brand? Aunt Jemima has a new name: the Pearl Milling Company. Quaker Oats announced it would drop the name Aunt Jemima last summer after … Continue reading
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Tagged advertising, BLM, books, branding, Fox News, Hamilton, libraries, movies, Oscars, racism, social media
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Bernie and his Mittens
With all of the awful news over the last few weeks, from the more than 400,000 people dead from the pandemic, to people out of work, to the insurrection attack on the U.S. Capitol, we’ve really needed something wonderful as … Continue reading
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Tagged Bernie mittens, distracted boyfriend, memes, social media
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“Will we be extremists for hate or for love?” Dr. King’s Letter from a Birmingham Jail
One of the greatest honors of my life was being invited to speak at the Martin Luther King, Jr. candlelight vigil several years ago at the UNK student union, along with Kevin Chaney, who was then UNK’s women’s basketball coach. This year’s … Continue reading
Posted in Chapter 12
Tagged extremist for love, Letter from a Birmingham Jail, MLK
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Stories of hope from the insurrection, Part 6
The violent insurrection in Washington, D.C. Wednesday was both utterly predictable and unimaginable. My feelings about those events go well beyond the scope of this blog, so instead of laying out my feelings, I’m going to share a variety of … Continue reading
Posted in Chapter 14, Chapter 6, Chapter 9
Tagged 2021 insurrection, Arnold Schwarzenegger, C-SPAN, news, newspapers, social media
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Front Pages: Stories from the insurrection, Part 5
The violent insurrection in Washington, D.C. Wednesday was both utterly predictable and unimaginable. My feelings about those events go well beyond the scope of this blog, so instead of laying out my feelings, I’m going to share a variety of … Continue reading
Posted in Chapter 14, Chapter 5
Tagged 2021 insurrection, front pages, new york times, newspapers, NY Post, President Trump, tabloids, Washington Post, WSJ
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Newspaper Editorials: Stories from the insurrection, Part 4
The violent insurrection in Washington, D.C. Wednesday was both utterly predictable and unimaginable. My feelings about those events go well beyond the scope of this blog, so instead of laying out my feelings, I’m going to share a variety of … Continue reading
Posted in Chapter 14, Chapter 6
Tagged 2021 insurrection, headlines, news, opinion writing
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What does the 1st Amendment mean? Stories from the the insurrection, Part 3
The violent insurrection in Washington, D.C. Wednesday was both utterly predictable and unimaginable. My feelings about those events go well beyond the scope of this blog, so instead of laying out my feelings, I’m going to share a variety of … Continue reading
Posted in Chapter 10, Chapter 13, Chapter 5, Chapter 6
Tagged 2021 insurrection, books, first amendment, President Trump, social media, twitter
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Words Matter: Stories from the insurrection, Part 2
The violent insurrection in Washington, D.C. Wednesday was both utterly predictable and unimaginable. My feelings about those events go well beyond the scope of this blog, so instead of laying out my feelings, I’m going to share a variety of … Continue reading
Posted in Chapter 6
Tagged 2021 insurrection, photographers, violence against journalists
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