by Amanda Read Sheik | Feb 23, 2015 | Appearances, Dramatizing History, Politics
Today’s Angry History Show episode is about the burning of the White House during the War of 1812. I was privileged to play the voice of indomitable First Lady Dolley Madison. (I kept a tall mug of Throat Coat tea nearby to regain my voice as I recovered from an...
by Amanda Read Sheik | Jan 31, 2015 | In Otherwords, Literary Projects
Accusations of plagiarism find their way onto political candidates, academicians, students, journalists, and authors of all sorts routinely these days. Perhaps this is because now, plagiarism has never been easier – and never more easily found out. Many lines of...
by Amanda Read Sheik | Nov 28, 2014 | Filmmaking, Politics, Satire
The informative video that I wrote and hosted as a member of the Convention of States Project Alabama a year ago has finally received criticism that I anticipated at the beginning. Specifically, I am referring to criticism of the brief political cartoon segment that...