High school dropout turned college professor bringing the insights of the humanities out of the ivory tower and into the streets and homes of everyday life.
High school dropout turned professor of humanities, philosophy, and gender studies; applying the insights of the humanities to everyday life, and exploring what it means to "be" a critical thinker.
Former engineer turned independent writer. Lover of Nature, animal lover and, of late, an inveterate aviphile, or bird lover. Arya the Cockatiel, my avian dinosaur companion, keeps me grounded.
I write about politics, gender, history, popular culture, and mass mediaโwhat moves me, what delights me, what irritates me, and what worries meโfrom movies and cable tv to mainstream news publications and broadcasts to commercials and ads.