Recently I received an online solicitation for Valentine’s Day from a surprising source. It wasn’t from a florist or a greeting-card company. It came
Category: Ideas
Are we really still arguing about letting boys play with dolls?
The other day, I overheard a conversation between a teacher and a few students; they were “discussing” another teacher who apparently allowed her four
Blueprint for an “outrage meter”
I’m drawing up plans to construct an outrage meter. Granted, I’ve never seen one nor even heard of one before, but why should that
How American is “American”?
Before we start, I have a little… activity. Close your eyes. Well, maybe not; I need you to keep reading. Anyway. In your mind’s
The devolution of feminism
It saddens me that feminism has come to be associated with elderly Cat Ladies condemning the oppressive institution of matrimony in their solitary existence,
I’m graduating from high school, but what has school actually prepared me for?
I will graduate high school knowing how to take the derivative of complicated logarithmic equations. I will not graduate high school knowing how to
NSA leaker Snowden and the debatable definition of “heroism”
Edward Snowden is back in the news with a story that the government may be considering offering him amnesty in exchange for return of
Obama’s accomplishments: The shift to softer power
During his first inaugural address in 2008, President Obama made a sweeping pledge to undertake the task of turning our ship of state in
5 myths about Muslims, Islam and jihad
In the wake of the recent attempted suicide bombing at the Wichita airport, I fear a new resurgence of Islamophobic sentiment. The actions of
Internet sales tax: A dilemma of logic for Republicans
Republican tax-reform dogma is under fire. On what has become known as “Cyber Monday,” the U.S. Supreme Court let stand a lower court ruling