Why Texas shouldn’t ban the Confederate flag from license plates
Published: Daily Dot (March 25, 2015)
Whether it’s Reddit trolls or real-life ones, freedom of speech in the Internet age can be very unpleasant.
The Supreme Court is currently preparing to hear a controversial case about whether the government of Texas has the right to ban hate speech from state-issued license plates; in this case, the issue is over use of a Confederate flag-based insignia by a hate group, the Sons of Confederate Veterans.... Read Original Article
Ted Cruz’s birthplace matters – but not for the reason you think
To Stop Not Moving: The Story of a Sick Week
Published: Good Men Project (March 24, 2015)
A man who very rarely takes sick days—or weeks—discusses how he recently collapsed from exhaustion.
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The movie poster is probably fake, a cheap knock-off sold by an unscrupulous Amazon vendor, but that doesn’t bother me. I’m transfixed by the image of a single quarter, either carefully placed or carelessly tossed onto droplets of blood, which is featured dead center.... Read Original Article
The Sentencing Gap: Why are Men More Likely to Go to Prison?
Published: Good Men Project (March 17, 2015)
Liskula Cohen and Matt Rozsa
co-author Liskula Cohen
Men are statistically more likely to go to prison than women for the same crime. Feminists and Men’s Rights Activists alike should be outraged.
People forget that prisons aren’t always there to protect us; in fact, they often aren’t there to help us at all.... Read Original Article