Christopher StrainMay 152 minI Remember UmpquaI remember Umpqua. I remember what the President said afterwards. I remember East End Middle and Spanaway Junior High and Portland...
Christopher StrainAug 30, 202110 minOn Never Forgetting 9/11I remember September 11, 2001. I remember it well. It was a Tuesday morning, still hurricane season in South Florida, where only a year...
Christopher StrainJan 7, 20215 minUntiedWhen I type quickly, as I’ve been doing today, I sometimes write “Untied States of America,” rather than United States of America, and...
Christopher StrainAug 16, 20203 minJustice for CannonThere has been much outcry in the past few days over the shocking death of 5-year-old Cannon Hinnant, shot and killed last week in...
Christopher StrainMay 18, 20206 minA Too-Soon History of the COVID-19 EpidemicI’m no epidemiologist. What little I know about public health precautions I’ve learned from those who know a lot more than me (which...
Christopher StrainMay 18, 20204 minA Message to the 2020 Graduates of the Wilkes Honors College of Florida Atlantic UniversityIf I had been asked a few years ago to give a graduation speech, I would have filled it with pithy wisdom and inspiring quotations,...
Christopher StrainApr 3, 202010 min2020 Florida Collegiate Honors Council Keynote Address“In the Flo: Finding Light in the New Dark Ages,” presented at "SoFloMind: Reclaiming Hope and Change," 2020 Florida Collegiate Honors...
Christopher StrainMar 16, 20192 min49 Prayer MatsThree hours ago a group of people in Melbourne, Australia, took part in a vigil for the victims of yesterday's shootings in Christchurch,...
Christopher StrainOct 27, 20181 minSmall ComfortI would be ever so slightly more comforted about the general state of awfulness in America if, after the racist slayings, attempted mail...
Christopher B. Strain, Ph.D.Oct 27, 20174 minAfter VegasSept. 11, 2001, awakened me to the awfulness possible in this world. Working at home, I watched the terror attacks unfold on live TV. ...
Christopher B. Strain, Ph.D.Aug 17, 20179 minWhat To Do When Your Heritage Is Hateful*A version of this essay was published in The Journal of Hate Studies 13 n 1 (2016). If one pays attention to the old Confederate battle...