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About thedarkhorse

EDWIN KENT MORRIS holds a Ph.D. in Social, Political, Ethical, and Cultural Thought from the ASPECT (i.e., Alliance for the Social, Political Ethical, and Cultural Thought) interdisciplinary doctoral program at Virginia Tech (VT). He has been published in the International Review of the Aesthetics and Sociology of Music (IRASM), and has published four articles in the ASPECT online journal SPECTRA. He has presented papers at the International Studies Association and the Western Political Science Association. As an instructor at VT, he received recognition for excellence in teaching and research, including a 2014 “Thank a Teacher” by the Center for Instructional Development and Educational Research (CIDER) at VT, has been a recipient of the 2012 “Favorite Faculty Award” by the VT student association, and the 2011 “Best Master’s Thesis Award” by the VT Department of Political Science. He is currently an adjunct faculty member with the Department of Political Science at Radford University.

January 3, 2014
3:15 pm
by: thedarkhorse

2013: Reflections on The 30th Anniversary of Phish (Part I)

“The years just keep sliding by don’t they…” Anniversaries are arbitrary. The demarcation of space and time and the claim that human activities are explicable or effected by such artifical boundaries is, well, kind of a cop out. Scientifically or … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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January 2, 2014
2:20 pm
by: thedarkhorse

Introduction (Yet Again)

This blog began as a project for a graduate school pedagogical class (and looking back on it,  a pretty good one at that). In the course of graduate school, however, the impetus to maintain, write, and post things on this … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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January 2, 2014
2:20 pm
by: thedarkhorse

Introduction (Yet Again)

This blog began as a project for a graduate school pedagogical class (and looking back on it,  a pretty good one at that). In the course of graduate school, however, the impetus to maintain, write, and post things on this … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Posted in Political

January 3, 2013
6:07 pm
by: thedarkhorse

Top Five Phish 3.0 Shows I Have Seen

1. 10/16/10 – North Charleston, SC Up close and personal. This was the most “well rounded” Phish show in terms of the set list, and offered something for everyone a day after what is arguably my second “worst” Phish show, … Continue reading → Continue reading →

January 2, 2013
3:27 pm
by: thedarkhorse

Garden Party (Phish 12/30-12/31)

This will be a brief discussion of the last two night of Phish’s New Year’s Eve 2012 Madison Square Garden run and is not meant to be an example of excellent, scholarly writing. “You can’t please everyone / So you … Continue reading → Continue reading →

December 4, 2012
2:57 pm
by: thedarkhorse

Going Down in Dubai Today…

http://www.wired.com/opinion/2012/12/internet-users-shouldnt-have-to-pay-the-price-of-an-international-treaty/ The link above discusses what could have an impact on the future of the Internet. It is timely and relevant to our class because of our discussion of MOOC’s. -TheDarkHorse Continue reading →

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November 19, 2012
9:38 pm
by: thedarkhorse

THANXMAS

For a couple of years now I have been jokingly referring to this time of the year – specifically the time between the end of Halloween to roughly December, or instead lets just go with Christmas day – as Thanxmas. … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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November 12, 2012
10:10 pm
by: thedarkhorse

Millennial Me

According to the following survey at: http://pewresearch.org/millennials/quiz/ I scored a 90, making me a de facto millennial (I’m so excited!) Not that this is surprising. Frankly, I have always been fascinated by the notion of the millennials, the generation that, … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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November 7, 2012
6:15 pm
by: thedarkhorse

Election 2012 Fallout (The Exhausted Edition)

Considering recent posts on this blog, I figured I might as well sketch a few thoughts on the aftermath of the 2012 Election: 1. Incumbent president Barack Obama was re-elected by 303 electoral votes to challenger Mitt Romney’s 206 electoral … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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November 5, 2012
9:50 pm
by: thedarkhorse

Tomorrow’s Song (2012 Electoral Map)

http://elections.huffingtonpost.com/2012/custom-presidential-election-map#nkamdnjannajjenje 1. Romney will have to win Ohio by these standards. 2. Switch Nevada and Ohio and see what happens. 3. if Romney wins Ohio but loses Nevada and Colorado, Obama still wins, barely. 4. Assuming GOP has the edge … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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