Dallas Joseph AllenMemphis and Violent Crime: A Frustratingly Simple NarrativeThe last week in this city has been one preoccupied with violence.Sep 12, 2022Sep 12, 2022
Dallas Joseph AllenSelf Care in the End-TimesRecently, I decided to focus on improving myself.Aug 3, 2022Aug 3, 2022
Dallas Joseph Allen“Dash for Cash” and Teacher Pay, An American ProblemA video is making the rounds on Twitter of a group of teachers from South Dakota participating in a game in which they frantically grab…Dec 13, 2021Dec 13, 2021
Dallas Joseph Allen“Kids these days”: The Millennial slide into BoomerismA piece published on this very site earlier this year defined those who were born between 1980–85 as a “geriatric millennial.” This term —…Nov 18, 2021Nov 18, 2021
Dallas Joseph AllenThe Tortured Discourse of GamingI play a lot of video games. I think this is obvious to just about anyone who looks at me, but I have spent the better part of my life as…Sep 23, 2021Sep 23, 2021
Dallas Joseph Allen9/11 and DiscourseThis week during class I tried to explain to my students what it was like to live during 9/11. These students are all around 17-to-18 years…Sep 11, 2021Sep 11, 2021
Dallas Joseph AllenBlogging in 2021 — Re-embracing an Older Art FormIn my youth during the halcyon days of the early 2000’s, blogging was a vital part of the internet bloodstream. This was the time of…Sep 10, 2021Sep 10, 2021
Dallas Joseph AllenCaffeinatedIt’s election night, and I’m drinking too much coffee. There are papers all over my kitchen table, ungraded and mostly forgotten. Every…Nov 9, 2016Nov 9, 2016
