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Archive for May, 2007

Cultural Hegemony and Pirates of the Caribbean 3

Posted by Joshua Bradley Minton in May 30th, 2007  
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I can think of few social theories that captivated me as much in college as that of cultural hegemony which ironically came from a Communist named Antonio Gramsci. He couldn’t understand why all the predicted marxist revolutions had not ocurred in Western Democracies. Gramsci argued that the workers had not organized and overthrown [...]

A Secret to a Successful Relationship

Posted by Joshua Bradley Minton in May 28th, 2007  
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I’ve been married five and a half years now and I’ve found that one of the secrets to a successful marriage isn’t open communication or any of that other bullshit. One of the best things you can do is find a task that your partner absolutely hates doing and one in which you only [...]

What Will Happen When Poor People Can No Longer Afford to Drive and the United States Collapses Under the Weight of Its Own Militaristic Insanity?

Posted by Joshua Bradley Minton in May 25th, 2007  
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There is a major detour on a main road near my home and as a result, I have had to find an alternate route. I’ve tried several but yesterday I took a road I hadn’t yet taken. It is a windy road that runs through some truly beautiful country. Columbus, Ohio has [...]

The High Point of Harry Potter (Spoilers)

Posted by Joshua Bradley Minton in May 24th, 2007  
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I found the peak in the Harry Potter story; there is a period of about one minute in these books where everything is as perfect for Harry as it can possibly get (not counting any time spent with his soon to be dead parents as an infant). The minute occurs in the third novel [...]

My Answers to the “Honest Blogger Quiz”

Posted by Joshua Bradley Minton in May 23rd, 2007  
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OK, so I lied about Tony Pierce. I swore I’d never read his site again after the last little skirmish we got in but I’ve been keeping up with him from time to time frankly because despite the millions of blogs out there, it’s really hard to find writers who consistently put out engaging [...]

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