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Scott Rainey

To demonize or canonize: The postmortem treatment of politicians and presidents

Scott Rainey December 3, 2018

George H.W. Bush, the 41st president of the United States, died on Friday.Statesmen, politicians, presidents, close friends and family shared their memories of him following his death. Many heralded him...

Kent Read, Kent Write, Kent Stop Talking…About Nothing!

Thanks for listening to this week’s episode of Kent Read, Kent Write, Kent Stop Talking! This week, managing editor Nick Hunter sat down with columnist Scott Rainey and opinion editor Adriona Murphy...

Scott Rainey

OPINION: Free college is a possibility, counter arguments aren’t good enough

Scott Rainey November 26, 2018

Nothing confuses, intrigues, and makes Republicans say “someone should give that Democrat a book on economics” quite like the phrase “free college.”It became somewhat mainstream with supporters...

Scott Rainey

OPINION: Learning from the legacy of Anthony Bourdain

Scott Rainey November 19, 2018

The American chef and TV personality, Anthony Bourdain, became one of the most well-known and well-liked chefs on television. His rugged look, dry wit and vulgarity paired with his poetic writing and love...

ANALYSIS: The importance of humor

Scott Rainey November 13, 2018

I don’t have to tell you that laughing is wonderful, but I’m going to anyway: Laughing is wonderful. Weaving humor into our everyday lives invigorates us, relieves stress, stimulates our minds and...

Kent Read, Kent Write, Kent Stop Talking…About Politics!

Hello and welcome to this week’s episode of Kent Read, Kent Write, Kent Stop Talking! This week, special guest and TV2 producer and host of All Systems Go, Mitch Felan, joins columnist Scott Rainey and...

Scott Rainey

OPINION: What is the best sport?

Scott Rainey November 6, 2018

All of us in the world of journalism understand the facts. It’s about the facts. Objectivity. Bias? None for me. No, thank you. Sure, this might be the opinion section, and everything I do for student...

Kent Read, Kent Write, Kent Stop Talking…About Ghosts!

Hello and welcome to a special episode of Kent Read, Kent Write, Kent Stop Talking! This week, we’re breaking the format to let a few columnists and members of the KentWired staff tell their best ghost...

GHOST STORY: The tug of the Ohio State Reformatory

Scott Rainey October 30, 2018

Happy Halloween! Aside from marketers finally catching on to everyone using the word “spooky” regarding everything remotely related to Halloween, it’s time to talk about a crazy experience I had...

Kent Read, Kent Write, Kent Stop Talking…About Ghosts!

Host and agent of chaos Nick Hunter takes up the producer chair and passes hosting duties onto Cameron Gorman in this week’s episode of Kent Read, Kent Write, Kent Stop Talking! With Halloween on the...

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OPINION: Masculine Misconceptions: Positive masculine role models

Scott Rainey October 23, 2018

Last week, I wrote about the misconceptions surrounding toxic masculinity, insecurity and Kanye West. Now, I want to focus on the other aspects of masculinity: the positive, mature masculine ideal and...

Scott Rainey

OPINION: Masculine Misconceptions: Toxicity and Insecurity

Scott Rainey October 16, 2018

If you spend any amount of time on the internet, you’ll find there is someone, somewhere, pointing out examples of toxic masculinity. Toxic masculinity became somewhat of a buzzword because it was never...