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Stir Crazy: The Chronically Ill Person’s Guide for Healthy People on Dealing with Anxiety, Uncertainty, and Boredom

Hello Healthy People! Your Friendly Neighborhood Person-with-Chronic-Illness here to share some hard-won wisdom about how to stay home and stay sane at the same time. The truth is, it’s not easy. But it doesn’t have to be the hardest thing in the world either. Honestly, I’m kind of excited that my illness finally has someContinueContinue reading “Stir Crazy: The Chronically Ill Person’s Guide for Healthy People on Dealing with Anxiety, Uncertainty, and Boredom”

Primetime Terrorism: How Depictions of Terrorism in Television Dramas Shape Perceptions and Political Attitudes

Using the episode “Drone Queen” from season four of the HBO show HOMELAND as a treatment, I designed an experiment to examine the framing effects of watching the episode in its entirety versus watching the episode with all scenes removed that depicted a positive-valence frame toward the victims of a drone strike in Afghanistan. TheContinueContinue reading “Primetime Terrorism: How Depictions of Terrorism in Television Dramas Shape Perceptions and Political Attitudes”

Working For a Better America: Thoughts on Obama’s Second Inauguration, Dr. Cornel West, and the Legacy of Martin Luther King, Jr.

Although I wrote this piece nearly five years ago, the theme and message of Dr. West’s speech are as true today as they were in 2013… This afternoon, on the day we annually celebrate Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s birthday, Barack Obama was recognized in the 57th presidential inauguration celebration. As America’s 44th president, theContinueContinue reading “Working For a Better America: Thoughts on Obama’s Second Inauguration, Dr. Cornel West, and the Legacy of Martin Luther King, Jr.”

Trump for President – A Good Lesson for America?

Let me be clear from the start: I do not want to see Donald Trump lead the most powerful nation in the world. He would wreck our international relationships, ruin the country’s credit, and generally  run the United States into the ground. But having him run for president might be exactly what America needs right now.ContinueContinue reading “Trump for President – A Good Lesson for America?”

New Tools for Modern Education, Made Easy

In today’s working world, quick innovation and technological advancement has flipped the traditional system of seniority on its head. Where once experience was the fasted path to respect and a promotion, now it seems to only matter if you know the newest media platform or computer code. This is especially true in our education system, where innovationContinueContinue reading “New Tools for Modern Education, Made Easy”

What It Should Mean to be “Pro-Life”

Since when did being “pro-life” become synonymous with being prudish and anti-woman? Why does being “pro-choice” make you anti-family? When did the dehumanizing ad-tactics of the Mad Men-esque marketing world take its attack labels away from business and onto the political battlefield of Values vs. Rationality? Better yet, when did the two concepts become mutually exclusiveContinueContinue reading “What It Should Mean to be “Pro-Life””

Two New Articles Out!

Check out my new articles on PJ Media! Turning Purple: Could New Voters in Georgia Hand Senate Seat to Democrats? by Alexandra C. Pauley Michelle Obama in Atlanta: “If we increase the voter rolls by just three percent by adding Democratic voters…” Georgia Senate Heats Up as Perdue, Nunn Get Their Hands Dirty by AlexandraContinueContinue reading “Two New Articles Out!”