UPickEm 2013
In which I try to predict the outcome of the 2013 election.
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NaBloWriMo!
Posted by Aaron Keck | Nov 1, 2013 | Aaron Keck
November is NaNoWriMo, but for my purposes I’m officially declaring it NaBLOWriMo. This is going to mean a *lot* of content…
Read MoreDemocracy, The Power Elite, And The State Senate Race
Posted by Aaron Keck | Sep 20, 2013 | Aaron Keck
Was the recent State Senate appointment kerfuffle an exception to the rule in local democracy? Or was it closer to the rule than we’d like to think?
Read MoreWhitman & Me
Posted by Aaron Keck | May 10, 2013 | Aaron Keck
Beginning Friday and running through May 19, the ArtsCenter in Carrboro is staging the southeastern premiere of “Walt,” a musical play about the life of Walt Whitman–written by one of the poet’s distant...
Read MoreThe Neverending Rush To Judgment
Posted by Aaron Keck | Apr 25, 2013 | Aaron Keck
We all like to think ourselves superior, but at the end of the day we’re the same rabble who believed that Richard Jewell was guilty.
Read MoreSurprise!
Posted by Aaron Keck | Mar 15, 2013 | Aaron Keck
So my Facebook feed exploded yesterday after they announced the new pope. Most of my Facebook friends are lefties—that’s what comes from seven years in grad school and half a decade in Chapel Hill—and naturally they’re none too...
Read MoreBy Way Of Introduction
Posted by Aaron Keck | Jan 23, 2013 | Aaron Keck
Hey y’all. If you’re reading this, you likely know me as WCHL’s (former) news director and (current) evening news anchor; some of you may also know that I perform at the DSI Comedy Theater in Carrboro. And you advanced scholars...
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