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Oct
23
[First Conference Presentation] Ainu Suicide in the Literature and Media: A Qualitative Review
I recently completed my first poster presentation for the Critical Suicidology Symposium this past weekend, so here it is!
For
Sep
10
[Guest Article] On Grossman: How a Pseudoscientist Pushed Our Understanding of Killing Back 20 Years
About the author: Seth Allard is a USMC Veteran of Operation Iraqi Freedom, deploying as an infantryman in 2005 and
42 min read
Aug
06
Ainu Ethnogenesis and State Evasion (12th-17th Centuries)
This paper was published in The Asia Pacific Journal: Japan Focus on July 1st 2022, also available as a PDF
45 min read
Jun
17
Book Recommendations: Journalism, History, and Social Science
There's a lot to recommend, so let's get right into it. I've divided this list into three large sections: Journalism,
6 min read
Jun
10
The Soviet Union, the "Tartars," and Wayne State University
In 1927, Joseph Stalin's power within the Soviet Union had begun to consolidate. Since the previous charismatic leader Vladimir Lenin's
9 min read
May
28
Acknowledgements, References, and Recommendations [For Terrified, Insecure, and Dying]
Acknowledgements
This book is written by a flawed, biased, but wholehearted person terribly afraid of death. And it would have
13 min read
May
28
![Chapter 8: Confronting our Fear, Insecurity, and Death [Excerpt from Terrified, Insecure, and Dying]](https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1476370648495-3533f64427a2?crop=entropy&cs=tinysrgb&fit=max&fm=jpg&ixid=MnwxMTc3M3wwfDF8c2VhcmNofDF8fERlYXRofGVufDB8fHx8MTY0NzMwMjUzNQ&ixlib=rb-1.2.1&q=80&w=750)
Chapter 8: Confronting our Fear, Insecurity, and Death [Excerpt from Terrified, Insecure, and Dying]
CHAPTER EIGHT
Confronting our Fear, Insecurity, and Death
> Life is tragic simply because the earth turns, and the sun inexorably
10 min read
May
21
![Chapter 7: The Threat of Nature and the New Dimension to Death [Excerpt from Terrified, Insecure, and Dying]](https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1624929303592-230462f729be?crop=entropy&cs=tinysrgb&fit=max&fm=jpg&ixid=MnwxMTc3M3wwfDF8c2VhcmNofDE0fHxDbGltYXRlJTIwQ2hhbmdlfGVufDB8fHx8MTY0NzMwMjMxNw&ixlib=rb-1.2.1&q=80&w=750)
Chapter 7: The Threat of Nature and the New Dimension to Death [Excerpt from Terrified, Insecure, and Dying]
CHAPTER SEVEN
The Threat of Nature and the New Dimension to Death
> Only within the moment of time represented by
11 min read
May
14
![Chapter 6: Dying and Working in Despair [Excerpt from Terrified, Insecure, and Dying]](https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1579618215542-2ed5e10b65ed?crop=entropy&cs=tinysrgb&fit=max&fm=jpg&ixid=MnwxMTc3M3wwfDF8c2VhcmNofDI1fHxGYWN0b3J5fGVufDB8fHx8MTY0NzMwMjEzMw&ixlib=rb-1.2.1&q=80&w=750)
Chapter 6: Dying and Working in Despair [Excerpt from Terrified, Insecure, and Dying]
CHAPTER SIX
Dying and Working in Despair
> For them, recalling the past and looking toward the future were both burdens,
14 min read
May
07
![Chapter 5: Abraham Lincoln's Dilemma, and the Problem with Brown vs Board of Education [Excerpt from Terrified, Insecure, and Dying]](https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1598011529425-113fb35299e4?crop=entropy&cs=tinysrgb&fit=max&fm=jpg&ixid=MnwxMTc3M3wwfDF8c2VhcmNofDJ8fFNlZ3JlZ2F0aW9ufGVufDB8fHx8MTY0NzMwMTkyMQ&ixlib=rb-1.2.1&q=80&w=750)
Chapter 5: Abraham Lincoln's Dilemma, and the Problem with Brown vs Board of Education [Excerpt from Terrified, Insecure, and Dying]
CHAPTER FIVE
Abraham Lincoln's Dilemma, and the Problem with Brown vs Board of Education
> If A. can prove, however conclusively,
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