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Author: ipeckham

Irvin, now retired, has been teaching writing at the high school and college level for forty years– in Morgan Hill, CA; the University of Nebraska, Omaha; Louisiana State University; and Drexel University. He specializes in and writes about social-class relationships, personal writing, and writing assessment.
Posted onJanuary 8, 2021

Ben Cline’s Sedition

I am disappointed in Representative Ben Cline for signing on to the bogus lawsuit initiated by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (currently under investigation for…

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Posted onNovember 24, 2020November 24, 2020

What We See

I am fascinated by how the logic of misinformation appeals to people who want to believe it—key to interpreting the current social warfare over the 2020…

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Posted onOctober 4, 2020October 12, 2020

Politics and Religion

When I think about the link between politics and religion, I think diachronically and synchronically, historically and contemporaneously.  I’ll address the historical first. Although I…

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Posted onAugust 21, 2020

The Virtual Democratic Convention

The following is an email I sent to a close friend who was bothered by a perceived slight to progressives in the virtual Democratic convention.…

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Posted onAugust 20, 2020August 20, 2020

Healing

Thanks to the many family and friends who have responded to my post on August 15th, celebrating my anniversary and what I took to be…

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Posted onAugust 15, 2020August 15, 2020

Anniversary

Sarah and I were married forty-nine years ago today. I thought about this when I woke up this morning. Today was my first morning back…

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Posted onJuly 26, 2020July 27, 2020

The Tiger, Man, and Strawberry: Learning How To Live in the Moment

My talk today might serve as a counterpoint to Galen’s last Sunday. Galen spoke about the necessary connection between life and relationships, the flip side…

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Posted onApril 18, 2020

Individual and Community Rights

The craziness of CV-19 marches on. Basically, Trump is going to push for an early restart of the economy and a shutdown of social distancing;…

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Posted onApril 15, 2020April 15, 2020

Writing in the Time of CV-19

I am thinking about three things this morning: personal imperfection, CV-19, and diaries. Diaries bleeds into various kinds of personal writing, but for the moment…

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Posted onMarch 14, 2020March 15, 2020

The Trump Train

We are beginning to make sense of the story of the story behind the coronavirus debacle. The President’s story as narrated in his address to…

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