articles
"Straight Hair, Flat Culture: Fear and Loathing of Black Sexuality": The Black Commentator, July 1, 2010 - Subscription required to read, free 10 day trial available
"Jim Harrison: Code of the Rural Hero,": The Daily Yonder, June 18, 2010
"'Friday Night
Lights': Rural Mojo
on TV": The Daily Yonder, May 14, 2010
"Ben Tanzer's Fiction: A Tragicomic Exploration of Life and Pop Culture":
PopMatters,
May 7, 2010
"Sipping the Tea Party" : The Daily Yonder, April 22, 2010
"America Neglects Springsteen's Message,": Washington Post Political Bookworm, March 23, 2010
"Rural Radio Diversity - Take a Listen": The Daily Yonder, February 5, 2010
"Stay Put and Start the Revolution": The Daily Yonder, January 21, 2010
"Tim McGraw's Southern Voice": The Daily Yonder, December 11, 2009
"Bob Dylan (Concert Review)": PopMatters, November 20, 2009
"The Righteous Hillbillies and The Charlie Daniels Band (Concert Review)": PopMatters, October 23, 2009
“Michael Jackson, Barack Obama, and The Politics of Inspiration”: PopMatters, July 8, 2009
“Of Pastors and Presidents: Securing a Secular Bully Pulpit”: The Humanist, August 2008
“Remembering George Carlin”: PopPolitics, June 29, 2008
“Flying Alone: Edward Hopper and America’s Night Side”: PopMatters, June 13, 2008
“Ford Heights: Life in the Third World”: The Herald News, June 4, 2008
“Drug War Used to Fill Nation’s Prisons”: The Herald News, April 9, 2008
“Hastert’s Real Friends Not at Tribute”: The Herald News, December 27, 2007
“Illegals Scapegoat for US Woes”: The Herald News, December 20, 2007
“NCLB: No Child Learning Better?”: The Herald News, November 27, 2007
“Smoking Ban Latest in Class War”: The Herald News, November 15, 2007
“Tell Me What Democracy Looks Like: John Mellencamp Negotiates an All American Voice”: PopPolitics, July 20, 2007
“Bruce Springsteen: Live in Dublin with The Sessions Band”: PopMatters, June 5, 2007