PinnedBarry VackerinTHEORY/ON/CONSPIRACYAncient Aliens: Evidence of Stephen Hawking’s Claim that “Philosophy is Dead”Note: This article was cited in the New York Times (July 22, 2018) as an intellectual counter to the emerging religion of “Ancient Aliens.”Feb 26, 201794Feb 26, 201794
PinnedBarry VackerinTHEORY/ON/CONSPIRACYApollo Moon Landings: Pseudoscience and 6 Reasons Why There Was No NASA HoaxIt happens every year. One or more students ask me if I think the Apollo moon landings were a hoax. I teach critical media studies at…Oct 20, 201726Oct 20, 201726
PinnedBarry VackerinMediaSceneHot and Cool in the MediaSceneA McLuhan-Style Art and Theory ProjectJan 28, 20181Jan 28, 20181
PinnedBarry VackerinExplosion of AwarenessGargantua, the Tesseract, and Existential Meanings in InterstellarStars, Dirt, and the Cosmic SublimeJan 14, 2017Jan 14, 2017
PinnedBarry VackerinExplosion of AwarenessHonoring the 50th Anniversary of 2001: The Monolith and Hope for the Human SpeciesFifty years after its debut, 2001 is more relevant than ever. Released at the height of the space age in 1968, Stanley Kubrick’s 2001: A…May 9, 20172May 9, 20172
Barry VackerinTAKING/ON/TEXASIn the 1980s, My Friends In Texas Said I Was ‘Overreacting’… to the Fusion of Reagan, Republicans, and ReligionJun 25, 20222Jun 25, 20222
Barry VackerinDialogue & DiscourseAmerican TheocracySamuel Alito and the High Priests of Medievalism Demolish the Wall Between Church and StateMay 7, 2022May 7, 2022
Barry VackerinTAKING/ON/TEXAS“TexasWorld”Home to the Wonders and Horrors of 21st Century AmericaOct 9, 20211Oct 9, 20211
Barry VackerinTHEORY/ON/CONSPIRACYAnti-Vaxxers, Conspiracy Theorists, and Jean Baudrillard’s “Perfect Crime”We live in a world where the highest function of the sign is to make reality disappearAug 30, 2021Aug 30, 2021