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Questions Worth Asking (Maybe)
Did the major television networks collaborate together on deciding to give live coverage to President Trump’s border wall speech? Kinda looks like it. They all gave coverage to 45’s speech, and they all declined to give coverage to President Obama’s … Continue reading
Posted in Chapter 14, Chapter 6, Chapter 7, Chapter 9
Tagged Because I can, Hamilton, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Questions worth asking
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Should people’s heads be exploding over NY Times anonymous commentary from inside the Trump White House?
This week has not suffered from lack of news for people like me who are obsessed with the coverage of news coming out of Washington. First, there was all the fuss over Nike featuring NFL kneeling protester Colin Kaepernick being … Continue reading
Posted in Chapter 14, Chapter 6
Tagged anonymous sources, Hamilton, new york times, opinion writing, President Trump
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Portrait of the National Portrait Gallery
I recently was in Washington, D.C. for an academic conference, and fortunately enough, the conference hotel was about three blocks from the National Portrait Gallery and Museum of American Art. I’ve been there on several occasions in the past, but … Continue reading
Posted in Chapter 5, Chapter 7
Tagged Because I can, Hamilton, museum visits, National Portrait Gallery, Obama, presidents
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How Lin-Manuel Miranda helped boost a tweet about insulin in Puerto Rico
The one thing you need to know about me as I tell this story is that I’m an insulin-dependent diabetic. My pancreas checked out several years ago and no longer does much. Which means that I have to manually control … Continue reading
Posted in Chapter 10, Chapter 12
Tagged activism, Because I can, diabetes, Hamilton, Lin-Manuel Miranda, social media
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Twitter Responses are the New Autograph (All media are social)
Updated 10/9/17 We all have our moments that David Letterman called a “brush with greatness,” moments where our lives intersect with someone famous. In the past, when you met a movie star, musician or famous author, you might ask for … Continue reading
Posted in Chapter 1, Chapter 10, Chapter 5, Chapter 8, Uncategorized
Tagged geek culture, Hamilton, movies, Seven Secrets, social media, The New Yorker, twitter
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Back To Pre-Class Video: One Last Time from Hamilton
As I’ve mentioned before, I’ve spent the last semester on a productive and refreshing sabbatical, but I’m now back in the classroom and making use of pre-class videos for students to watch as they come in. I started things off … Continue reading
Posted in Pre-class video
Tagged Hamilton, politics, pre-class video
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