M Brennan Finn·Mar 2, 2019The Catholic church has survived a lot.Not only persecution, but times when the church itself has failed to do the right thing as well as times when the church has perpetuated…
M Brennan Finn·Feb 28, 2019Narrative shapes our perception of facts.Take the story of Exodus -- something we know from the Bible as well as from films like 10 Commandments. Caananites were slaves in Egypt…
M Brennan Finn·Feb 13, 2019New Orleans was a cheaper port -- 4 pounds and change for the transatlantic voyage; half price for…Many Irish who elected to come here were swindled into this voyage by shipping agents who told them New Orleans was just a short two or…
M Brennan Finn·Feb 12, 2019Frederick Douglass was a man twice transformed.Most people who know who Frederick Douglass is (aka not Trump) also know that he was inspired to abolitionism by his own formative…
M Brennan Finn·Feb 2, 201910 minutes with ADHDI'm crying on a bus because I am halfway to work and just rifled through my bag to find a piece of candy to occupy my mouth so I don't…
M Brennan Finn·Jan 16, 2019It helps to understand culture if you want to talk about appropriation.Someone on Leftbook just called "bodega" a hipster word used by gentrifiers who can’t tell the Latinos they displace apart.
M Brennan Finn·Jan 16, 2019I think society is divided up into creatives and consumers.Consumers often think of themselves as creative, especially when they predominantly consume things made by creative people.
M Brennan Finn·Jan 11, 2019Of Wheels and Walls: A Surprising HistoryThe wall, designed by Aristotle just 350 years before the birth of christ , could never have been developed without the wheel. Prior to the…
M Brennan Finn·Jan 10, 2019Punk rock? We need to talkLike most people in the early glam and punk scene, David Bowie used his fame , power, and access to drugs that lower sexual inhibitions to…
M Brennan Finn·Jan 5, 2019I’m banned from Facebook again.It happens every few months when, after weeks of biting my tongue and “just keep scrolling” past people calling people like me pervs…
