Soul of America

Ken’s Blog Musings, reflections, and observations from the Beached White Male Ken’s Blog Musings, reflections and observations from the Beached White Male​ Jon Meachem has given us a worthy contemplation on the state of the nation. He calls it, The Soul of America – The Battle for our Better Angels. Meachem is not the only […]

Introducing the Beached White Male

Ken’s Blog Musings, reflections, and observations from the Beached White Male Ken’s Blog Musings, reflections and observations from the Beached White Male​ OK – I’m stealing this phrase, “Beached White Male,” admittedly, from Newsweek Magazine. On April 17, 2011, the cover story featured the photograph of a middle-aged, graying white male in a black suit, […]

Theon Hill: Race and Rhetoric

Ken’s Blog Musings, reflections, and observations from the Beached White Male Ken’s Blog Musings, reflections and observations from the Beached White Male​ Theon Hill: Race and Rhetoric by Ken Kemp – Posted: February 15, 2018 Podcast Show Notes Theon Hill, Ph.D. This is the inaugural podcast for the Beached White Male. Ken interviews Dr. Theon […]

The Donald and Amway (The American Way)

Ken’s Blog Musings, reflections, and observations from the Beached White Male Ken’s Blog Musings, reflections and observations from the Beached White Male​ Trumpism as a movement takes me back to my Amway days – back in the 1990s. Trump, more than anything else, is the embodiment of that cartoonish caricature of the American business paradigm. […]

Reflections on Larycia Hawkins, PhD

Ken’s Blog Musings, reflections, and observations from the Beached White Male Ken’s Blog Musings, reflections and observations from the Beached White Male​ Author’s Note: I wrote this piece back in February 2016. It was virtually contemporaneous to the events that led to Dr. Hawkins departure from Wheaton College. In April this year, 2019, I had the […]

Political Correctness

Ken’s Blog Musings, reflections, and observations from the Beached White Male Ken’s Blog Musings, reflections and observations from the Beached White Male​ One of the prime targets in the current Presidential campaign is “political correctness” or “PC” (caps intentional). The aspiring politician will assert: “I am certainly not bound by the constraints of political correctness…” […]