I'm currently in my fourth year in the PhD program in philosophy at Temple University, focusing on pragmatism and democratic theory. I got my BA from Fordham University, where I worked on the college paper and fully intended to be a journalist before I decided that teaching was more up my alley. I did a brief stint hosting entertainment-related chats for Omni Internet before they went under, and have done a bit of writing for The LogBook, an excellent site that includes TV episode guides, music and book reviews, information on old video games, and more. Most of my hobbies and interests are in full display on this site, although we haven't gotten a sports section up and I am a die hard fan of just about every Philadelphia team. Politically, I consider myself liberal-to-moderate, but if someone ever holds a tar-and-feathering party for Bill Clinton, be sure to send me an invitation. My musical and comics tastes are already posted on the respective forums, but I have not yet found a place to mention that my favorite movie is The Shawshank Redemption, a problem I hope to remedy soon.

As for how I got here -- I've been wanting to get onto the Web for a long time now, but never felt like I had something to say that was worth the time and the effort. A series of events over the six months prior to our launch prodded me to start figuring out a way to get off my butt and start doing something productive with myself, and this is what resulted, with a lot of help from my wonderful wife Pattie and Kevin, my best friend and partner in journalistic crime back at Holy Ghost Prep. We hope you're all enjoying youselves.

Philosophers Wanted
Apples to Apples
Can a Hobby Make It as an Art Form?
The RIAA Won't Take My Money
Rise of The Red Star
Putting Descartes Before the Horse
Is the Messenger Killing Us?
Paying the Bills
Stripped, but Not Stripped Down
Locke, Stock and Barrel
Self-Help for the Rest of Us
Tax Facts and Fair Shares
Symbols of an Open Wound
Roamin' Empire
Going Back to Dizz Knee Land
Does Berkeley Have Bite?
Costs of Conscience
Can't Get There From Here
Let the Light In
Young Guns for Great Comics
Ex-Hume-Ing the Truth
The Juror Is Out
Con Games
Most of What Follows Is True
Brian Bendis: All That and a Bag of Tricks
What Art Art?
History in the Making, Part Two
Well, That Seems Fair
Winds of Change, or More Hot Air?
You Know What I Mean (How Cool Is That?)
Fifteen Minutes of Your Life You Will Never Get Back
Flying by the (Sassy) Seat of My Pants
Santayana Wasn't Kidding

E-mail: dave@notnews.org