Author Archives: Ralph Hanson

Harvey Weinstein sentenced to 23 years in prison for sexual assault

Posted on March 11, 2020 by Ralph Hanson

Earlier today, movie producer Harvey Weinstein was sentenced in New York to 23 years in prison for sexual assault and rape. Here’s an updated account of his victims’ search for justice and how this story played out in the news media. … Continue reading →

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Taking a look at the current textbook marketplace

Posted on March 10, 2020 by Ralph Hanson

Textbooks are different from other books in one major respect—the people who select the books aren’t the same as the end users, the people who must buy and pay for them. Students charge that, because of this disconnect, faculty members … Continue reading →

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Bob Iger, who grew Disney into world’s most powerful entertainment company, is stepping down

Posted on February 26, 2020 by Ralph Hanson

Disney has immensely transformed over the last 20 years. In the late twentieth century, the company was best known for children’s programming, theme parks, and cruise ships as well as owning the ABC television broadcast network and ESPN family of … Continue reading →

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Questions Worth Asking (Maybe)

Posted on February 21, 2020 by Ralph Hanson

Why do we still care about radio in the age of online media? "While our phones and internet did not deliver – the radio was always there and it performed a vital service as well as created a feeling of … Continue reading →

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Cancer is one of those topics…

Posted on February 5, 2020 by Ralph Hanson

I discovered that today (Tuesday, Feb. 4th) is World Cancer Awareness Day from a Facebook post from a former student of mine whose wife has been been winning the battle against cancer for the last two years. Seeing that post … Continue reading →

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Twitter and the Death of a Basketball Legend

Posted on January 28, 2020 by Ralph Hanson

As everyone knows, basketball legend Kobe Bryant and several others, including one of his daughters, died in a helicopter crash on Sunday. Without further comment, here’s a number of Tweets that have discussed the flow of news about this tragedy. Retweeting here … Continue reading →

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Ten Twitter Feeds Worth Following

Posted on January 20, 2020 by Ralph Hanson

The homework for my Commentary and Blogging class this week is for them to each make a blog post with ten interesting Twitter feeds to follow, along with a brief explanation of why each is worth paying attention to.  I … Continue reading →

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Dr. King urged us all to be extremists for love and justice, not for hate

Posted on January 20, 2020 by Ralph Hanson

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 →

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Guest Blog Post: Little Women Spoiler Alert

Posted on January 14, 2020 by Ralph Hanson

This guest blog post is from my Dear Wife, author Pam Andrews Hanson.  In the past she has blogged here and here. Needless to say, this guest blog post contains Little Women spoilers. Spoiler Alert: Beth dies in Little Women and … Continue reading →

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My Year In Movies – Some Thoughts on the Oscars

Posted on January 13, 2020 by Ralph Hanson

I didn’t get My Year in Movies blog post up yet, and the Oscar nominations just got announced this morning, so I guess I will combine the two into a single commentary. When I saw the list of Oscar nominations … Continue reading →

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