March 2012
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February 2012
2 posts
Some additional writing... →
…That I am doing for a University of Kansas affiliated project, Politicalfiber.com. The site is targeted towards young people, in an attempt to provide them with higher quality political journalism than they might get from a school newspaper. This first piece is an analysis of politics in the state this year, or at least my take on the framework for the legislative session and elections.
January 2012
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November 2011
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October 2011
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September 2011
21 posts
A man who sets out to become an artist at the mile is something like a man who sets out to discover the most graceful method of being hanged. No matter how logical his plans, he can not carry them out without physical suffering.
- Paul O’Neil “A Man Conquers Himself,” Sports Illustrated (May 31, 1956)
Is this not true of any worthwhile pursuit?
Is a life without emotional...
Update IV: Home
All,
There are many strands of thought swirling about my head as I face the reality that I leave this place in 14 days. Fourteen days. When I got here seven weeks ago my time here seemed more than enough to achieve all I wanted. Maybe in a truism of life, I think I will leave with more questions than answers.
Perhaps I should have seen this coming, but I even flirted with the idea of staying – a...
Update III: There Should be Revenge in the Title
All,
Shaking things up this time: I am sending you mostly unedited notes with links to the photos I have uploaded to Facebook. There is a warning you should heed, (I have written much in the last four days, and the update for the previous two weeks is worth one picture.) this is a lot to read.
5 July, 2:14 p.m.
Considering that I am sitting here, almost twiddling my thumbs, waiting on a...
Africa for Beginners
Note: This summer finds me an intern at the U.S. Embassy in Lilongwe, Malawi. The following is essentially a combination of my first two updates, sent via e-mail, with a few additional thoughts thrown in. Call it Update 2.25.
To even attempt to describe what being here is like seems a fool’s errand: today is my twenty-sixth in country and I remain on sensory overload from all that is...
Perspective
For context, read these: Fuel crisis out of control in Ndix, NGOs plan fuel shortage march, 83 fuel tankers in Malawi. And then, take a look at thebeginnings of a social movement to find fuel which might eventually congeal into demand for more consistent delivery and lower prices (though that potential has yet to be reached).
Expressions of Passion
The fact that I throw myself into my work, into emotion, into most everything except fun (or at least the local bars) friends might argue, combined with my sheer enjoyment of highlighting others’ great enthusiasm for life and the activities within it make “This Love” an appropriate name for this blog. (This is not to mention nice songs of the same name by Maroon 5 and Ellie...
Why?
I have never been afraid to express myself, but there should be a discernible difference between my projects - Kansas Matters and now, Graduate Kansas - and my own worldview intertwining pictures, music, politics, passion. Yet, I often wonder if it makes much sense for any of us to throw our opinions and even our barest thoughts out into the expanse of the internet, or to create organizations...