Tag: Dr. Larry Burriss

Doc Savage 11/23/2020 Every time a new Marvel Universe movie comes out, the Cybervillage lights up with debates about who is the best superhero. Well, I’m...

Meaning 11/16/2020 When I was a senior in high school we studied a poem about life in the city.    The teacher adamantly stressed that the...

INDIVIDUAL VOICES11/09/2020     Editor's Note: Our guests on Smyrna Issues were Professor Dr. Larry Burriss who teachers media law and Free Expression (First Amendment)...

Statistics 08/17/2020 I woke up in a cold sweat last night and realized we were in the midst of a perfect storm: the corona virus, political...

American Values 07/13/2020 One of the issues that keeps coming up lately is the question of what kinds of speech or expression most represent what are...

Absolute 04/20/2020 Here’s a question for you: does the First Amendment mean what it says? Or perhaps a better question is, Does the First Amendment mean...

MARIAN ANDERSON 04/06/2020 In 1954, Marian Anderson became the first black singer to be hired by the Metropolitan Opera. And in 1955, she became the first...

Written Word 03/30/2020 What do the printing press, telegraph, telephone, television, and everything about the Internet have in common: they are all devices for delivering information. Let...

Candidates by Dr. Larry Burriss 02/24/2020 Quick, answer this question: how many candidates are there running for president? For extra credit, how many candidates are republicans and...

by Dr. Larry Burriss NUMBERS     I was reading in the sports pages the other day how a football team was a 7.5-...