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Articles by Joshua R. Keefe

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October 27, 2009 - 1935 words | Anthropology » Sports
American sport has become far more than contests with rules played on fields, diamonds, or rinks. Our current conception of sport is more than just a ball moving between groups of athletes, or a struggle for a finish line, or an effort to impress judges, as various... Read Article »
October 26, 2009 - 2580 words | History » Baseball
In 1950 the Associated Press polled close to 400 sportswriters in order to name the greatest male and female athlete of the first half of the twentieth century. For the men, a crowded field of legends including Babe Ruth, Joe Louis, Jesse Owens, Red Grange, George... Read Article »
October 25, 2009 - 6069 words | Political Science » Nafta
On January 1, 1994, the day the North American Free Trade Agreement, the great neoliberal experiment that tested the economic waters of the post-cold war world went into effect, the southern Mexican state of Chiapas was under siege. They came from everywhere and nowhere... Read Article »
October 22, 2009 - 1947 words | Political Science » The Media
“News is something someone wants suppressed,” British newspaper baron Lord Northcliffe once said. “Everything else is just advertising.” This point is especially true in war journalism where every story, be it a heart-warming depiction of troops... Read Article »
October 21, 2009 - 2472 words | History » Stalin
The late twenties and early thirties were perhaps the most transformative period in Soviet history. It was during this period Stalin consolidated his grip on power and was allowed to rule with impunity, instituting his “revolution from above” on the Soviet... Read Article »

Joshua R. Keefe graduated in 2007 with a concentration in English from Skidmore College in Saratoga Springs, NY.