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Thoughts on the Election
/5 Comments/in Featured Articles/by Robert S. Griffin, Ph.D.I first titled this writing “Thoughts on the Presidential Election” but immediately realized I didn’t need the word “Presidential.” What other election is there? Come to think of it, that gets at the main point of this piece: to my way of thinking, this presidential election was far too big a show — to the […]
A Commentary on the Life of Jeannette Rankin
/10 Comments/in Featured Articles/by Robert S. Griffin, Ph.D.Jeannette Rankin My daughter Dee, as I’ll call her here, has just finished her sophomore year in college. One of the jobs I’ve taken on is to direct her to sources and people she’s not encountering in her life—in school, mass entertainment, and the internet (which looks to me to come down to wall-to-wall TikTok). […]
Thoughts Prompted by “Rich Men North of Richmond”: Including One About Celebration
/7 Comments/in Featured Articles, General/by Robert S. Griffin, Ph.D.I’ve been especially taken by the “Rich Men North of Richmond” phenomenon that’s so big in the news these days (it’s late August of ‘23). As you know—no need for a lot of exposition here—it’s a song by a heretofore unknown singer/songwriter who goes by the name of Oliver Anthony. As The New York Times […]
An Exchange with a Newspaper Reporter
/7 Comments/in Featured Articles, White Racial Consciousness and Advocacy/by Robert S. Griffin, Ph.D.In the first half of May, 2023, I received an email from John Terhune, a reporter for the Portland Press Herald newspaper in Portland, Maine, who was working on a story about White racial activism that resulted in an email exchange between us. I’ve decided what we wrote each other might be of worth to […]