Editorial – Jack Campbell Jr.

Are Writers Role Models? (Confabulator Cafe)

Feb 27, 2014

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This week at The Confabulator Cafe, I go on a bit of a rant regarding the idea of writers as role models. This is in direct response to a letter to the editor in the Lawrence Journal World about William S. Burroughs’s notes and journals being donated to the University of Kansas. Go check it…

Never let education get in the way of your kid’s learning.

Nov 20, 2011

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jack

in Editorial, Parenting, Reading, Social Commentary, Writing

The only thing interfering with my learning is my education. – Albert Einstein. There is a fundamental different between teaching and learning that we seem to be missing in our society. We have become statistic-driven. Our children, both yours and mine, are statistics in the war of education. Unfortunately, true learning has never been about…

Our Lost Humanity

Nov 10, 2011

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jack

in Current Events, Editorial, Social Commentary

NOTE: I normally blog about writing and how it relates to life. However, I was so disgusted by what happened at Penn State this week that I could not help but blog my feelings. After all, in many ways that is what writing is about. In writing, we take life and distill it through words,…

Fahrenheit 2011

Sep 20, 2011

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jack

in Current Events, Editorial, Fiction, Parenting, Social Commentary, Writing

The books that the world calls immoral are the books that show the world its own shame – Oscar Wilde September is Banned Book Month. I have to confess that I never realized just how important it was while I was in high school. I was lucky enough to attend a school where The Scarlet…

The Rage of One Man

Aug 9, 2011

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jack

in Current Events, Editorial, Social Commentary, Uncategorized, Writing

The rage of one man is nothing to fear. It is generally pointless, aimless, and like a flash fire burning hot for moments, before burning itself out. It is a smoldering cigarette, extinguished by mere chance, or the proper placement of a boot. But sometimes, that smoldering cigarette catches fire to nearby grass or leaves,…

Category: Editorial

Are Writers Role Models? (Confabulator Cafe)

Never let education get in the way of your kid’s learning.

Our Lost Humanity

Fahrenheit 2011

The Rage of One Man