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Semester’s End… Again

Getting a spike in student emails at the end of the semester, right when the “big things” are coming due, is nothing new. It happens every…

Nov 27

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Constitutional Crisis?

I have remained silent on all my anti-social media platforms. As much as I have wanted to respond, correct, engage and persuade, I have…

Nov 6

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Nov 6

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Dog People

One of the great injustices in life is that the average human lifespan is so much longer than that of the average dog. For those of us who…

Dec 30, 2021

Dog People

Dec 30, 2021

This, from a basic argumentation theory standpoint, is a terrible argument because it is so easily…

Dec 19

Dec 19

In Another life

As if in another life, almost another world, and certainly when I was a much different man, I wore many different hats. They have been ball…

Dec 11

In Another life

Dec 11

every.single.fucking.day

Twenty years ago today I “celebrated” my 42nd trip around the sun. Why the scare quotes? There are two reasons, really. The first is simple…

Dec 6

every.single.fucking.day

Dec 6

It doesn't.

If a diabetic (to use an AA analogy I am sure you have heard before) does not test his or her blood, does not adjust his or her diet, does…

Dec 6

Dec 6

Home Again — Redux

My hometown high school in Los Altos was part of a three-school district called the Mountain View Los Altos Union High School District…

Nov 29

Home Again — Redux

Nov 29

I read your first entry, one that came through in my "Medium Digest" today ("These 5 Subtle...")

I can relate to not only your experience in sobriety (I just celebrated 20 years last August), but I also recognize the exuberance and…

Nov 18

Nov 18

I made the mistake of reading a couple of recovery related articles on Medium and now the algorithm…

Almost. First things first (another cliche, but in this case accurate), what you are calling "gaslighting" is barely that, if at all. Those…

Nov 10

Nov 10

Michael Althouse

Michael Althouse

Lecturer/professor of communication studies at California State University, Sacramento. www.michaelalthouse.com

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