writing
(still sort-of under construction)
Academic/Rhetoric
• My article ”School Voucher Programs are both ineffective and dangerous” was recently published (as “School Vouchers Violate the Separation of Church and State”) in Opposing Viewpoints: Church and State, a textbook from Greenhaven Press.
• “The Hypothetical Audience“- published on the JREF‘s Swift Blog
• “Idealism as Intrinsic Motivation“- published on the JREF‘s Swift Blog
• “The Clarity Imperative” (unpublished paper from 2010) can be found here (.pdf available here).
• M.A. Thesis: ’A woman like that is not a woman, quite’: reclamation of power for the private self in the poetry of Anne Sexton. MA thesis. Eastern Washington University, 2003. Print. worldcat.org/oclc/52764079
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Articles
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“A worthless and dangerous report”: an analysis of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops’ report “The Causes and Context of Sexual Abuse of Minors by Catholic Priests in the United States, 1950-2010” (also see my follow-up post: “A worthless and dangerous report indeed“).
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“The Catholic Diocese of Bridgeport must not be allowed to hide behind the First Amendment”
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“The Catholic Diocese of Bridgeport is running out of options”
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“The Catholic Diocese of Bridgeport has finally exhausted all of its legal options”
- “Personal religious objections are not relevant to the legislative process”
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Essays
Literature essays:
- “Ostranenie vs. the anesthetic of familiarity”
- “The books poured forth”
- “The awful daring of a moment’s surrender“
- “Today it is okay to drown, at least for a little while“
- “Long live the book review“
Media essays:
Religion essays:
- “Belief is Optional” (Posted at This I Believe in January 2009)
- “Rabbit is the question” (From December 2009) (Also reprinted at RichardDawkins.net)
- “A dirty little girl, her head hanging in shame” (From September 2010) (Also reprinted at RichardDawkins.net and excerpted at The Daily Dish)
- “Against suffering” (From May 2010)
- “Transubstantiation” (From August 2010) (Also reprinted at RichardDawkins.net)
- “The inescapable cycle” (From August 2010)
- “The serious consequences of childhood religious indoctrination” (From September 2011)
(A collection of all of my essays and articles on Catholicism can also be found here)
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Interviews
- Author Kevin Sampsell (February 2005)
- The Wiggles (April 2005)
- The Kissers (June 2005)
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Book Reviews
- Rob Jovanovic- Perfect Sound Forever: The Story of Pavement (August 2004)
- Rebecca Blood- The Weblog Handbook (February 2003)
- Sylvia Plath audiobook (October 2002)
- Meghan Daum- My Misspent Youth (April 2002)
- Sam Lipsyte- Venus Drive (April 2002)
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Music Reviews
Published in The Inlander (the reviews can be found here):
Death Cab for Cutie- The Photo Album (October 2001)
Slumber Party- Psychedelicate (November 2001)
Saves the Day- Stay What You Are (December 2001)
Vermont- Calling Albany (March 2002)
Sleater-Kinney- One Beat (October 2002)
Rainer Maria- Long Knives Drawn (March 2003)
Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks- Pig Lib (April 2003)
The Postal Service- Give Up (July 2003)
Mates of State- Team Boo (September 2003)
Rufus Wainwright- Want One (December 2003)
Courtney Love- America’s Sweetheart (March 2004)
Weird War- If You Can’t Beat ‘Em, Bite ‘Em (April 2004)
Mirah- C’mon Miracle (July 2004)
Jonathan Richman- Not So Much to Be Loved as to Love (August 2004)
Marianne Faithfull- Before the Poison (January 2005)
Le Tigre- This Island (February 2005)
Also in The Inlander: All-Girl Summer Fun Band Story (September 2003)
At Junkmedia:
Slumber Party- Psychedelicate (November 2001)
No-Shadow Kick: Promo EP (January 2002)
Vermont- Calling Albany (January 2002)
Skycam- Minutes into Days EP (March 2002)
The No-No’s- Let Your Shadow Out (March 2002)
Tindersticks- Trouble Every Day Soundtrack (April 2002)
Tindersticks- Can Our Love…(May 2002)
Halifax Pier- Put Your Gloves On and Wave (May 2002)
Death Cab for Cutie- The Stability EP (May 2002)
Rosie Thomas- When We Were Small (July 2002)
In Venus Magazine:
Natalie Merchant- (April 2002)
Birdy- (April 2002)
The Troposcatter- (December 2002)
Owl and the Pussycat- (June 2003)
Mates of State- (December 2003)
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