I absolutely loved the Semiotic, Non-verbal Communication, and Linguistic Anthropology courses I took as an Undergraduate and Graduate Student with Myrdene Anderson and the late, great O. Micheal Watson. This summer, after I found out O. Michael was in hospice due to esophageal cancer, I tried to compose a very short note to send to […]
Election Apps
Apps of the week I'm featuring this wonderful and wacky Wednesday are all centered on the upcoming election. So just in case you would rather use a mobile app to check out what is what rather than resorting to the old-fashioned “binder full of women” approach, the app by Election Protection is the way to […]
Remember Malala When You Vote
We are only a few days away from barbarism at any time. Take away our thin veneer of civilization by cutting off power and the technological basis of every aspect of our very complexly orchestrated lives and the result is far too often something like we saw after Katrina. But for some, there is no […]
AZ Senate Race Garners National Attention
The Arizona Senatorial Race Gets Nasty and Receives National Attention I really wanted to entitle this post, “Festering Fictions by Flake” but did not want to keep it for an F Day Post. Jeff Flake is playing dirty with an attack ad featuring Cristina Beato against political opponent, war hero, doctor, swat team leader, and […]
Voter Fraud:Thou Protests Too Much, Methinks
I know I'm supposed to be a bridge building, turn the other cheek, be the change you want to see type person. But today, I am going to point fingers and be a bit feisty. I am not going to slam people who are conservatives or who identify as Republicans. I can question their blind […]
Is Arizona Turning Blue?
Maybe is Arizona is turning blue, maybe it isn’t. It is showing some purple edges, though. And that is as it should be. We here in The Old Pueblo lived with extremism a bit longer than the rest of country this time through the full 360 of the political cycle. MSNBC reported last night that […]