J M Hardin: 5 books

As J.M. Hardin wrote "He's With the Band" over a decade ago he put some of the lyrics for three of his songs into the story, and in the month and a half since publishing "He's With the Band" he has been thinking about sharing at least the complete words to those songs, as well...

Once again the US Government was shutdown because our elected officials didn't do their job, and we could go through it all over again a few months from now. If we pulled a stunt like that on our jobs we'd get our paychecks cut, if we didn't just get fired. Perhaps we need to cut our elected officials'...

Al Simmons is the soundman for the Boston-based Christian band Omega Glory. Some of the band's fans know he's written one of the band's more popular songs as some even know that he's written a number of other songs. What Al doesn't know is that his music is about to get a well-deserved spotlight all its own. Last updated 24 December 2013 with some long overdue edits.

For decades, scholars have repeatedly found the inequity of gender representations in informational and entertainment media. Beginning with the seminal work by Gaye Tuchman and colleagues, we have repeatedly seen a systemic underrepresentation and misrepresentation of women in media. Examining the...

This edited collection examines how fantasy sports play has established a prominent and promising foothold in the larger sports ecology. Often considered an isolated activity for the hardcore sports fan, fantasy sports play have since been incorporated into sports broadcasting and editorial coverage,...