Finding your voice

I have just read chapter 2, “Ethnicity and Immigration” and 3, “African Americans” in American Cultural Studies. A couple things strike me. First that education was meant to “re-educate” both the Native American and the African from a life of “darkness” to the “light” of the American way. And secondly, how the idea of having [...]

The End-All Vote

Once every four years, our nation throws a little hissy fit. We start buzzing, discussing this candidate, that platform, and the reasons why our vote is right and yours is wrong. We awaken from our sitcom-slumber and flip over to CNN…at least during the commercials. Instead of immediately surfing our favorite websites, we might actually [...]

Absentee: Abstaining from the Voting Booth

In 2004, I found myself at a crossroads in my political life – I chose not to vote. Four years earlier, I had been one of the lucky few at my high school who was old enough to vote, and like any good conservative suburbanite, used my right to cast for George W. Bush – [...]