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The Ghosts of Super Bowl Halftime Shows Past
I will confess that I was underwhelmed by Justin Timberlake’s Super Bowl halftime show. Now I’ve never been much of a JT fan, so I didn’t come at the show with high expectations. And I will further admit that I … Continue reading
Posted in Chapter 14, Chapter 9
Tagged halftime show, Janet Jackson, Justin Timberlake, Lady Gaga, Super Bowl, Super Bowl 2018
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State of the Union Blogging Contest
Every time I teach Commentary and Blogging at UNK, I have a blogging competition or two. This year, my students had the opportunity to do an instant blog post somehow related to the president’s 2018 State of the Union address. … Continue reading
Posted in JMC 406
Tagged 2018, Blogging contest, jmc 406
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The Dutchman & Hello in There: Songs about growing old
“If you don’t do anything wrong for a period of three minutes, then the spirt of the music rushes in there and occupies it full time.” – Songwriter Michael Peter Smith discussing his song “The Dutchman.” Michael Peter Smith’s classic … Continue reading
Posted in Chapter 7
Tagged americana, John Prine, music, Steve Goodman
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Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Raven” Printed this day in 1845
Today is the anniversary of the publication of what may be Edgar Allan Poe’s best known work, the narrative poem The Raven. It was printed on this day in 1845 in the New York Evening Mirror. The poem tells of a young … Continue reading
Posted in Chapter 4
Tagged Edgar Allan Poe, poetry, The Raven
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Journalists can disagree and remain civil – Government Shutdown Edition
Last weekend, the U.S. government shut down for three days. There was a lot of debate, especially in the partisan press, about what it all meant, and who the winners and losers were. And we’ve reached a point, especially if … Continue reading
Posted in Chapter 6
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Reporting Offensive Language from the White House – Part II
A couple of weeks ago President Trump generated a lot of news by making some highly offensive remarks about the country of Haiti, the continent of Africa, and presumably about a couple of countries in central America. The story resulted … Continue reading
Posted in Chapter 14, Chapter 6
Tagged Dick Cheney, Donald Trump, ethics, George W. Bush, news, offensive language, profanity, s---hole, turd blossom
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Snow Day Recipe: Solly’s Cottage Cheese Muffins
The news yesterday was that a major winter storm, a blizzard even, was on its way. Both the university and the public schools closed for today by noon on Sunday. And so everyone in Kearney, Nebraska waited for the weather … Continue reading
Posted in Food
Tagged baking, Because I can, snow day
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Remembering Dr. King – “Will we be extremists for hate or for love?”
One of the greatest honors of my life was being invited to speak at the Martin Luther King, Jr. candlelight vigil three 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 civil rights, MLK, public relations
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Reporting Offensive Language from the White House – Part I
As you can’t help but have noticed, on Thursday President Trump made some highly offensive remarks about the country of Haiti, the continent of Africa, and presumably about a couple of countries in central America. He was quoted in the Washington … Continue reading
Posted in Chapter 14, Chapter 6
Tagged Donald Trump, ethics, news, offensive language, profanity, s---hole
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Meet my blogging students
This spring I’m teaching JMC 406 – Commentary and Blogging, a course I first taught 30 years ago this winter. (Of course, when I first taught it, there was not a blogging component, given that blogging didn’t exist yet…) Here … Continue reading