We start this season in earnest with a classic Cold War espionage thriller, but I can’t remember which one. We read The Bourne Identity by Robert Ludlum. From the Bantam summary: “His memory is a blank. His bullet-ridden body was fished from the Mediterranean Sea. His face has been altered by plastic Read more…
On the ongoing text chain of American News and Political Science, my friend (the government teacher at the school I teach), forwarded me an article from Bloomberg via Yahoo News. The thrust of the article was that roughly half of Americans are open to the idea of a third-party presidential Read more…
Hey readers! This summer has been a mess and I promise we will soon return with a regular episode. In the meantime, here is a short story, soon to be published, by panelist Mike Carroll. A Wrong Cruelly Done. Enjoy, Nic
For years, Diet Coke has been derided. Rumors of Gene Siskel, of the famed Siskel and Ebert, had developed a brain tumor from consuming Diet Coke. This was not out of the blue, in 1996, the National Institutes of Health had insinuated the same thing. Though Atlanta drink company Coca-Cola Read more…
“The Confederate flag made it deeper into Washington on Jan. 6, 2021, than it did during the Civil War,” a professor said of the siege at the Capitol.Credit…Erin Schaff/The New York Times (https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/09/us/politics/confederate-flag-capitol.html) “We stole countries with the cunning use of flags. Just sail around the world and stick a Read more…
Hello all! This is Dr. Nic Hoffmann speaking, or typing, rather. Over the past school year, this was a place to share the work students were doing. We were proud of that work. However, as the project continues, this will become a place where I, and occasionally Mike Burns and Read more…
What is America by Trace Gaynes America is many things, to the rest of the world America is a place where people come to have a new life and start over. America is a place where they can escape the horrors of the rest of the world, but for true Read more…
This month in Required Reading we talk about Fight Club by Chuck Palahniuk. The book that coined the term ‘snowflake,’ gave us the rules, and made you question fancy soap. From a philosophical work that came out before 9/11, clearly, join us as we meet Tyler Durden. Host: Dr. Nic Hoffmann Co-Hosted: Read more…
