Tag Archives: Colin Kaepernick

In the Theater of Truth and Consequences: Speech, Responsibility and the Omnipresence of Cynicism

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June 4, 2018 by author

By Victor D. Infante

There are any number of places to begin, but let’s start with the image of Attorney General Jeff Sessions, smiling as he informs the world that illegal immigrants would be separated from their children. “If you … Continue reading→

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‘Everybody’s Had to Fight to be Free’: Tom Petty, Symbolism, Empathy and America

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October 30, 2017 by author

Victor D. Infante

By Victor D. Infante

Somewhere, somehow, somebody must have kicked you around some
Tell me why you want to lay there, revel in your abandon
Honey, it … Continue reading→

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‘Make no mistake: The world is bleeding’: Our 2016 Best of the Net nominees

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September 17, 2016 by author

Victor D. Infante

By Victor D. Infante

2016 has been a strange sort of watershed for celebrity culture, from the deaths of beloved public figures such as Prince, David Bowie, Alan Rickman, Glen Frey, Gene Wilder, Edward Albee, W.P. Kinsella and Muhammed Ali, … Continue reading→

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