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Travel writing about places near and far, mixing on-site photography with scholarly reflection
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View fullsize The grave marker of Adele Brise in Champion near Door County.. composed in Walloon, related to French and still spoken in southern Belgium

What I’m reading,
Winter 2026:

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authority

Days of Mubarak

July 15, 2024
Tags: Egypt, cairo, sign, politics, authority, flag
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America's Ayatollah

July 12, 2018
Tags: dearborn, shia, authority, mosque
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Portraits on the Wall

July 10, 2018
Tags: dearborn, mosque, shia, authority
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Reading a Windshield

January 30, 2018
Tags: transportation, syria, islam, identity, authority, symbols, messy
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The Damage of Creationism

December 29, 2017
Tags: creationism, evangelicalism, evolution, climate change, megachurch, authority
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Get Your Kicks on God's Way

December 28, 2017
Tags: evangelicalism, megachurch, bible, education, road, authority
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Father Gallagher

December 06, 2017
Tags: catholic, Great Lakes, fish, islands, authority, ethnicity
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Authority Visualized

November 27, 2017
Tags: mormons, authority, photography, men
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Measuring Cultural Continuity

August 25, 2017
Tags: peru, authority, symbols, government, colonialism

Scholars and Society

January 24, 2017
Tags: china, museum, authority, clothing, symbols