what can i write that hasn’t already been written?
what can i say that hasn’t already been said?
why can’t i do what hasn’t been done?
Author Archives: Mac McCann
A clarification of my Dallas Morning News column “We should value religious uncertainty more”
This past Saturday, my column, “Faith can polarize us – and certainty is not the answer,” was published in the Dallas Morning News. Well, it turns out that writing about faith can be polarizing as well.
When I first considered myself a writer
I’ve known how to write for a very, very long time. But knowing how to write doesn’t make you a writer, in the same way that knowing how to shoot a basketball doesn’t make you an athlete (although it took me quite a while to realize that).
What do you want for Christmas?
When Christmas approaches, I often get caught up in my desire for material things, and I lose sight of what really matters. Continue reading
Nobel Laureate in Boredom
The good news is that the semester is almost over. The bad news is that the closer to the end I get, the longer every minute lasts, the harder every task becomes.
Mo Yan looks as bored as I am.
Examining the ‘F-Word’
Shakespeare wrote in Henry IV Part II, Act IV, Scene IV, “’Tis needful that the most immodest word / Be looked upon and learned” (Sheidlower). Centuries later, this is still true. The main subject of this essay is not the ‘f-word’, the ‘f-bomb’, ‘f***’, or any other euphemism, but rather the word fuck. Fuck is one of the most taboo words in the English language. Furthermore, fuck is arguably “the most important and powerful word in the English language,” according to the comedian Lewis Black (Sheidlower). In this essay, the nature of taboos will be explored specifically through the word fuck.
Who’s screwing whom?
LIBERTY OR LEAVE: The GOP has a choice.
We’ve reached a turning point – or at least I hope so.
Who will win the election? Not the American people.
Regardless of whether President Obama or Governor Romney wins on Tuesday (and I think Obama will), we can count on four more years of war, declining civil liberties, and an increasing deficit. Neither candidate will close Guantanamo Bay, end the Patriot Act and the NDAA, or cut military spending.
Mac McCann 
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