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TV's Golden Age is NowAn essay discussing the renaissance of long-arc storytelling in TV and some of the factors behind it.
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Master of Fine Arts: What It Is and What It Can Do For YouA brief explanation of what an MFA program is and its general utility to prospective degree seekers.
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A Brief Look at InfinityA little essay showing one way to mathematically look at infinity and relate the concept to theological matters.
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A Few Cover Songs that Work Despite ThemselvesA short look at a few cover songs that are radically different than their original versions, and why they work despite the radical changes
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Who Wants to Live Forever: A Long-Overdue Tribute to QueenHere is an essay describing the power and impact of Queen's music on my life. -
Man Flicks: More Than Just Bombs, Bullets and BreastsA short essay describing what sets a "man flick" apart from run-of-the-mill Hollywood crap -
Gary Cole - an Underappreciated ActorA look at the most interesting roles of Gary Cole's career to date
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Six Interesting Cover Songs You May or May Not KnowA list of cover songs I find interesting and perhaps not as well-known as the mainstream examples most music fans would know
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Confused About College? Quit!A short essay advising directionless students to try working for a living to sharpen their focus
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What Makes Dirty Words Dirty?A short essay examining indirectly the FCC's, and by extension America's, stance on profanity on TV.
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Term Limits on the U.S. PresidencyAn essay describing my basic objections to term limits
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Chinese Catching Up in Second Moon RaceBrief synthesis of news article and official postings regarding China's attempts to put taikonauts on the Moon
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Gigantor Vs. The Iron Giant: Cultural ContrastA brief look at two aspects of how technology is viewed culturally through contrasting depictions of "mecha" in The Iron Giant and Gigantor
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Fermat's Last TheoremA look at the famous mathematical problem.
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A Study of Hemingway's the Old Man and the SeaAn examination of how Santiago, the protagonist of Hemingway's classic novel, stands apart from other Hemingway characters.
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Thematic Use of Religion in Willa Cather's My Mortal EnemyAn examination of religious symbols and thematic strains in Cather's famous novella
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What is TCP/IP?A brief article describing the network protocol TCP/IP, the basis for the Internet.
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How to Use Empathy in FictionAn examination of empathy as one of the key characteristics in creating fiction
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Macomber and KilimanjaroA brief essay examining The Snows of Kilimanjaro through the prism of Ernest Hemingway's life
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Cassandra ComplexAn examination of the evolution of a character in mythic symbolism over the course of Tennessee Williams' plays Battle of Angels (1940) to its more famous revision, Orpheus Descending (1957)
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No Dominion by Charlie Huston: Hard-Boiled BloodsuckersReview of Charlie Huston's latest novel in the Joe Pitt Casebooks series, No Dominion
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Mean Teens of AmericaA brief examination of 1950s America and its fears, specifically the perceived rise of juvenile delinquency, as expressed in two seemingly disparate popular films of the era, Blackboard Jungle and I Was a Teenage Werewolf.
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The Cold WarAn examination of John le Carre's classic novel The Spy Who Came In From The Cold, and how its depiction of spycraft as more bureaucracy than Bond changed the terms and conceptual framework of popular fictional depictions of the Cold War and spying in general.
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The Trial of Julius and Ethel RosenbergAn examination of the infamous trial through the lens of the "paranoid style" of American historical discourse
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Modern Physics and T.S. Eliot's "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock"A look at T.S. Eliot's famous poem through the prism of modern physics, focusing on quantum physics and relativity
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Ego in a Box: How Our Vehicles Affect UsOne of life's major decisions: buying a minivan. What does it mean to own one? Do you give up something when that purchase is made? My opinion and experience, in essay form, as well as a look at my family through the cars we've owned.