Seth Tower HurdThe Largest Colony of a Forgotten Atlantic Nation is Smack Dab in the Middle of Illinois Farmland*This continues the Folks of Forgottonia Series, based on growing up in the 14 counties of Western Illinois which were abandoned by…·7 min read·Dec 14, 2020----
Seth Tower HurdThe Time the Chicago Mafia Came to My Rural Hometown to Announce the Murder of a Nazi SS Officer.Welcome to a new series I’m starting on Medium, The Folks of Forgotonnia, based on growing up in the agricultural (and heavily Appalachian…·6 min read·Dec 7, 2020----
Seth Tower HurdWhat I’ll Tell My Jewish Daughter About Nick Cannon’s Anti-SemitismMy (partially) Jewish daughter is just shy of her second birthday, so I get a hall pass on talking to her about Nick Cannon’s…·3 min read·Jul 21, 2020----
Seth Tower HurdThe Reaction to Naya Rivera’s Drowning Proves “Safe” Childhood has Failed a GenerationOn Thanksgiving morning, 2018, I watched a farmer die.·6 min read·Jul 17, 2020----
Seth Tower HurdWeighing the Pros and Cons of Life Without Facebook, Twitter and Instagram (2 Weeks In).“I’m going to go home, make some pizza rolls, check Facebook and crash.”·5 min read·Jul 9, 2020----
Seth Tower HurdThis is a story about an ex-girlfriend, job interviews, vegans and Game of Thrones (and LinkedIn).I once broke up with a girl after I found out her best friend (who was the hiring manager/HR person at her company) would refuse to hire…·3 min read·Jul 8, 2020----
Seth Tower HurdYou’ll Never Understand the American Revolution without Grasping the Horrors of the British Prison…It doesn’t take many bad teachers in a subject before you learn to hate that academic discipline.·4 min read·Jul 3, 2020----
Seth Tower HurdTo Understand the Debate Over Masks in Public, Look at the Raging Anger Over Diets.I wish I had better news. I don’t. Science is dead. No, scratch that.·5 min read·Jul 2, 2020----
Seth Tower HurdThe Gun Toting Lawyers of St.The story of Mark and Patricia McCloskey, the St. Louis based attorneys who brandished guns at a group of protestors who entered their…·4 min read·Jul 1, 2020----
Seth Tower HurdWhy I Deleted All Social Media (Even Though I Work in Digital Marketing)Here’s a dirty little secret about all those cable TV home improvement shows.5 min read·Jun 29, 2020--1--1