Academic Rants

--> The New American Order? An Editorial  How can we rise above the chaos and do better? When Donald Trump won the election, I suggested that he was promoting a new world order.   To further highlight this position, I pointed out that candidate Trump attacked the work of Presidents Clinton, Bush and Obama and wanted to dissolve many of the international agreements and treaties that they supported.   He continually argued that our trade and military agreements were unfair and that America was continually paying more than its continental or European allies. Although “America First” seemed isolationist in nature, it promoted Trump’s vision of a future United States sharing the world stage with Russia and China. That new spheres of influence would emerge so that Russia would have Europe, and China could control Asia, and America could choose from what was left. In a unique manner, the president-elect had triumphed a new version of 19 th century co

The Rage Against Tradition By Johnson and Wilson America was built on protest, what the NFL players are doing is fulfilling a part of our traditional heritage! So why is the president so against this right to protest? It is difficult to summarize the current controversy between the President, the NFL’s players and owners, and football fans over the predominately black players who are kneeling when the flag is presented, and the anthem is played.  In reality, it is a rage against traditions. It is an attack on the order of things that remain near and dear to most Americans. Our love of a great American institution, NFL Football is being challenged. Watching football is now a test of patriotism, and the joy of rooting for one’s team is slowly evaporating.  For numerous reasons, this hullabaloo is interesting and disturbing.  The President’s use of this issue as political distraction has created a controversy that the re-signing of Colin Kaepernick would have slowly k