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In this final episode on justice, I'm talking a bit about justice in the modern day and some different thinkers and ideas about justice.

Some of those people's ideas have influenced me and I think they are all voices worth paying attention to. Here are some examples:

Kimberly Crenshaw - Critical Race Theory:  The Key Writings That Formed the Theory
Nikole Hannah-Jones - The 1619 Project
Ta-Nehisi Coates - We Were 8 Years In Power: An American Tragedy
Olufhemi O Taiwo: Reconsidering Reparations

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In this part of a series on justice, I'm taking a close look at J. Edgar Hoover.  Serves him right. He spent his whole life doing that to others without their knowledge or consent!

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Justice is an elusive concept that humans seek as part of our every day lives. It's complex and messy just like everything else about humanity. In this series of episodes, I'm exploring ideas about justice and how they shape American ideas of society, law and order, and equity.

In Part 1, I'm talking about broad concepts of justice and looking at some specific historical examples of justice that have informed current day thinking.

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Journalism has been at the heart of American society from its earliest days.  The success of self governance relies on an informed electorate and that is the reason why the press and freedom of the press is called out very specifically in the constitution.

In this final episode of the series on Media & Journalism, I'm exploring Journalism's seat within the framework of The Media, how and why it remains an important function in our country and some examples of how it has actually shaped public policy in addition to public opinion.

I hope you enjoy it!

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How did the Media come to be in America? Who were its makers and how did the American people come to embrace it and to shape it? Interesting questions that are easy to ignore because, let's face it, we've all got things to do. But it's central to our lives in really important ways.

In this episode I examine some of the pioneers of publishing and news reporting in its early years and the people who helped to set it along the path where we find ourselves today. One important person of interest is William Randolph Hearst who's whole family story is almost too weird and too American to be believed.

Join me! Let's celebrate the drama of glorious American stupidity together!

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The Media... we all talk about it like it's some kind of living entity that plops around and forces its girth upon us in unpleasant ways. Yet, it is but a collection of messages that are submitted to our sensory holes in inundating ways. How do we process all of this information and especially in a world so connected by information?

In this episode, I explore the epistemic processes that we use to formulate belief and why those processes drive us to compartmentalize information in the most practical of ways.

Join me to hear about how those processes manifest themselves in our lives and our culture to emerge into the thing we call the Media.

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The 3rd and final part in which I discuss a SCOTUS case relating to Affirmative Action. Also, some interesting tidbits about U.S. Immigration policy. Totally awesome.

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It's Part 2! In which I talk about the Supreme Court Shadow Docket as a general mechanism. Also, a brief discussion of the Moore vs. Harper case the relates to gerrymandered redistricting maps and a kooky theory that endows disproportionate power to a select group of legislators. Weee!

Also, a fun story about the most wacky court case in recent memory and the subsequent death of a website: Gawker.com

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It's been a while since I've posted anything and there's a lot of stuff that's been floating around in my brain. The 2022 Midterm Elections are coming up and there's a ton of political noise in the air right now. The US Supreme Court is up to its quiet shenanigans again on the shadow docket and there are a few cases that are worth talking about.

In this first part, I'm talking about the 2022 midterms and some of the issues on the ballot for me and why this election is one I think is really worth taking the time to understand and participate in.

I hope you enjoy it!