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  • Taylor Swift and Good Research

    I had no idea what to make of the new Taylor Swift video because I am a middle aged white dude who spends a lot of time thinking…

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  • Late to the Debate Party

    I showed this video to the argumentation class that I took over for the last 6 weeks. This was shown (well most of it) just after everyone had…

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  • NCA Reboot

    After this week it seems clear that it’s time for a reboot of the National Communication Association. I’ve been attending the National Communication Association conference and looking at…

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  • The Rhetoric of Flash Drives and Archives

    Check out this excellent piece by Lance Richardson on the difficulties of digging through the hard drives and digital files of Peter Matthiessen. Apparently he had over 39,000…

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  • Gatekeeping Rhetoric

    When a veteran rhetorical scholar chooses to make a case you’d expect it to be very difficult to critique, or at least very well constructed, using all of…

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  • Mental Illness and Accomodation in The Classroom

    Spring term was a bit bumpy for me as I took on teaching online public speaking for the first time and took over an argumentation course for a…

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