Xlear
An odd title for a serious subject. Back in January of 2020, I read about six people dying in Wuhan from a virus, and began posting online about a coming pandemic. By March, I was locked down, except for an … Continued
Icons | Iconics | Iconetics
ABSTRACT Mediated image manipulation, archiving, and sharing are all critical technological aspects of Western culture and postmodern civilization. Consequently, creation, identification, dissemination, and proliferation of powerful images across media channels indicate a burgeoning area of inquiry for information technologies. While … Continued
Rise of the Ignoramus et Ignorabimus
One of the most disconcerting and pernicious changes to society over the past four years has been the rise of the ignoramus et ignorabimus, a Latin maxim for “we do not know and will not know.” Reportedly posited by German … Continued
Book 3: Finished!
Happy to have worked with so many authors from around the world to complete my third edited volume. And happy to have had a say in the cover, which, I’m comfortable saying is mine by choice. Thanks to my publisher, … Continued
Generating Gratitude
By now, millions of us are feeling the stresses of a new decade ahead even as we stay home in lockdown. But life goes on as usual for many. Yesterday, I went to check the mail, and saw my friend … Continued
Professional Provocateurs and Their Raging Discontents
One highly active media character who defies recognition is the professional provocateur. While the start of this character depiction in the U.S. political system can be traced back to one seminal figure in the 1980s: Newt Gingrich, who early in … Continued
2020, There’s No Place Like Home
The plague wildly crashed into Center City Philadelphia like a runaway freight train. It had no name. Only the face of fear, and tentacles of terror. Gay men living in Philadelphia were its deadly target. All we knew was that … Continued
Ms. Joan Simmons
One of the more impressionable people I met in Savannah, before I even moved here, was Ms. Joan Simmons. What’s especially interesting is that Joan is the most photogenic person I know. She is always ready for the camera and … Continued