As many of you know, I'm an avid reader, made much more so by belonging to a fantastic book club here in Austin. If there is one thing that has made my life more interesting, after family, career, and hobbies, it has been the John Rogers Book Club, formed by and named for a peripatetic…
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The Media—Neutral, Liberal or Conservative?
The media—has it changed? Of course. In what ways? The major evolution over the past decade has been delivery of content to reinforce the views of their audience, rather than an attempt to be neutral and impartial. These changes have been clear in all forms of media: broadcast TV, cable channel TV (so many people now…
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What the heck is a MOOC?
Funny, isn't it how new words enter the language. I was introduced to the term MOOC, which means "Massive Open On-Line Course" in the sense of instructional courses that are offered (usually free) to anyone who registers, only the first of November, and now it's being profiled on NPR shows and written about in the Sunday…
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Professional Review of “Reunion” From Kirkus
REUNION George, Jr., James Kennedy AuthorHouse (312 pp.) $24.29 hardcover, $16.72 paperback, $1.99 e-book ISBN: 978-1468529678; January 6, 2012 BOOK REVIEW A 60-year-old man comes to terms with growing up with an alcoholic father in George’s debut novel. Framed by narrator Jim Jackson’s high school reunion in the middle-class Southern town of Princeton, W.Va., George’s…
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