Preseason Hopes

6 hours til tipoff on a brand new season. A new leaf. A brand new chance to start over and kick ass. I can't explain just how excited I am for the completely revamped Nets.

It's also a great way to distract me from the fact that the most important team in my life isn't playing in the World Series tonight.

The People Can't Be Trusted to Choose Their Own Drinks

...at least, that's what Washington's State Attorney General wants you to believe.

In a recent public statement made regarding the recent incident at Central Washington University, Attorney General Rob McKenna (who is in no way related to my college, thank God) has called for federal food regulators to hand down a national ban on Four Loko, the notorious energy drink/malt liquor hybrid that has become a staple on many college campuses.

The Name Change

Why rename the blog "Anthems for the Earnest"? I guess "Like It Or Not" just wasn't sitting well with me.
I also wanted the name to mean something. And aside from being the title of a spectacular song by an equally fantastic band (see below), I'd like to think it stands for a lot more positivity as well as personal responsibility, two things that I've basically come to value above all else over the last few years.
Oh, and the URL had to go. Having my name as the web address? Lame.

Hiding Behind Tenure and Textbooks

For those of you who didn't know, I spent a year volunteering as an assistant teacher in a Boston Public elementary school before coming to college. It was nothing short of a transformative experience. I relished the opportunity to put my youthful energy and idealism to work in a challenging environment in which I could make a difference.

A Lengthy and Largely Unnecessary Introduction

Greetings all,

This is just a little side project I'm getting started. A way to do some writing and musing outside of my work for the Claremont Independent, an exciting journal of conservative and libertarian thought in which I've recently gotten involved. I'm not entirely sure where this is going, but I'm really excited nonetheless.