Author: Ryan Blackmore

I was very intrigued by Jennifer Frost’s lecture on the history of the 26th amendment and the voting rights of young people. Historically this related heavily to comparing how men at age 18 could be drafted for war, and...

What is perhaps most striking about Dr. Winter’s paper “Redressing historic abuse in New Zealand: a comparative critique” is the way he draws together two similar worlds to show where one world falls short. Dr....

Let me start this reflection with a comment going back to the second week of this semester when Patrick Tomsen explained the importance of genealogy, that “it is iterative, living, and shifts with the lived experiences of...

A point from Andrew’s lecture weighs on my mind. That to be healthy you can’t be poor. This speaks to me from what I have seen in my travels overseas. For 9 months I lived in Argentina, where I saw the effects of...

Today we have reached an era of food consumption which is defined by its individuality, and its efficiency. With this comes an unrelenting pace of change.   The shared meal, that most holy of ideals now lies profane,...