EPIC 2014 – Ten Years Later
While poking about on the Internet, as one often does, I stumbled upon something I hadn’t seen in years. In this particular case, it was an interesting video I hadn’t seen in almost a decade, having...
View Article50 years later, are we living the Reverend Doctor’s dream, or watched it turn...
Fifty years ago to the day, on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial, Reverend Doctor Martin Luther King Jr. gave a speech that, in time, would be recognized as the signature moment of his life, the...
View ArticleWhy Robert Sarvis could shake up the Virginia Governor’s Race – and why the...
American politics has been in the headlines a lot recently, the main reasons being the latest round of the reoccurring battle over the budget and national debt, as well as the continuing implications...
View ArticleThe lessons to be learned from the Virginia Governor’s Race
With election day past us here in Virginia, and after a grueling contest between two of the worst candidates the Commonwealth of Virginia has ever had put forward, let alone at the same time, it seems...
View ArticleLet’s talk about PTSD
My name is Sean CW Korsgaard, and I have PTSD. In the interest of full disclosure, I was diagnosed with PTSD after witnessing a friend of mine commit suicide in the US Army. I suffer from many of the...
View ArticleMy solution to the Washington Redskins name controversy
It's beginning to look like the NFL is going to have to play a game of political football before season’s kickoff this fall. The recurring controversy of the Washington Redskins chosen team name is...
View ArticleRepublicans sweep 2014 Midterm Elections
The polls are closed, the results are in, and it looks like America will be seeing red, at least for the next two years, as the Republican Party has won an undeniable mandate in the 2014 Midterm...
View ArticleI’m a Contributor to VCU Capital News Service
My dear readers, this is going to be an exciting semester for me. I say this because I am finally a contributing journalist to VCU Capital News Service. For those who don’t know, VCU’s Capital News...
View ArticleJe Suis Charlie, or why Liberty or Death is more than just a phrase
Freedom is always a threat to those who seek the repression and oppression of others. When terrorists and tyrants seek to silence it, it is the responsibility of those who value liberty to speak out...
View ArticleSupreme Court Rules Gay Marriage Is a Nationwide Right
Some of you may have noticed a rainbow tide flowing onto social media earlier today, for good reason. In a 5-4 decision issued today, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Obergefell v. Hodges that “the...
View ArticleFireworks
Happy Independence Day my dear readers – if you don’t mind, today I’m going to be talking about something a little personal. Growing up, I used to love watching fireworks on the Fourth of July....
View ArticleWe need to Change the way we talk about Mass Shootings
Even with news of violence from around the world filling the airwaves or a few mouse clicks away, there are still crimes that manage to shock us. Such is the case with the recent murder of news...
View ArticleIt’s Veteran’s Day – So why don’t you care?
Today is Veteran’s Day my dear readers. To those of you have served, one veteran to another, thank you. For everyone else, please keep reading before you do the same. I am marking the holiday as is...
View ArticleRegarding the Panama Papers
Korsgaard's Commentary Korsgaard's Commentary - From pop culture to popular opinion, and my life to the world at large By now you’ve all probably seen the flood of news reports and op-eds regarding the...
View ArticleI won the SPJ Mark of Excellence Award
Korsgaard's Commentary Korsgaard's Commentary - From pop culture to popular opinion, and my life to the world at large You know, given the circumstances, I really thought that I would have had some...
View ArticleTop 10 College Tips
Korsgaard's Commentary Korsgaard's Commentary - From pop culture to popular opinion, and my life to the world at large With students heading back to college across the country, as I sit in my office, a...
View ArticleRemembering the Great War, why World War I still matters
Korsgaard's Commentary Korsgaard's Commentary - From pop culture to popular opinion, and my life to the world at large It began with two gunshots in Sarajevo, and the assassination of an Austrian...
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