Feb 3, 2015 | Arts and Entertainment, Gender and Sexism
Published: Good Men Project (February 3, 2015) Matthew Rozsa discusses what the Super Bowl can teach us about gay rights, common sense, and more. ___ Super Bowl XLIX: What a fitting conclusion to the great American sports story, as set in the NFL circa 2014-2015. This...
Jan 30, 2015 | Arts and Entertainment, Race and Racism
Published: Daily Dot (January 30, 2015) America’s obsession with celebrities has a tendency to reveal the complex depths of our social and cultural prejudices. In the case of Kim Kardashian, one observation becomes very clear: Americans need to stop seeing race as a...
Jan 22, 2015 | Arts and Entertainment, Conservativism, Internet Culture, Political Ideologies, Race and Racism, Religion and Religious Issues, Salon.com
Published: Daily Dot (January 22, 2015), Republished on MediaREDEF (January 23, 2015), Salon (January 28, 2015) This article is not about American Sniper. It is about Chris Kyle. That’s an important distinction because, as American Sniper continues to break box office...
Jan 20, 2015 | Arts and Entertainment
Published: Good Men Project (January 20, 2015) Can sports fans be nerdy—in that good nerdy way? Matt Rozsa thinks so. ___ I’m not sure if I can be considered a Green Bay Packers fan anymore. It isn’t simply that I missed the NFC Conference championship on Sunday,...
Jan 12, 2015 | Arts and Entertainment, Foreign Policy, Military-Industrial Complex/Security State, Salon.com, Science and Technology
Published: Salon (January 12, 2015) Whether he realizes it or not, James Comey, director of the Federal Bureau of Investigations, has made a rather brazen request of the American people. As he attempted to reinforce the government’s case that North Korea was...
Jan 1, 2015 | Arts and Entertainment, Civil Liberties, Foreign Policy, World Affairs
Published: Daily Dot (January 1, 2015) Regardless of whether North Korea was actually responsible for hacking Sony, America can learn an interesting lessons from the brouhaha surrounding the release of The Interview. As a result of this incident, we have learned that...
Dec 23, 2014 | Arts and Entertainment, Civil Liberties, Foreign Policy, Terrorism, World Affairs
Published: Good Men Project (December 23, 2014) Matthew Rozsa offers three suggestions to protect both the police and the communities that fear them and calls for both groups to demand that politicians enact them. ___ Believe it or not, Michael Brown and Eric Garner...
Dec 22, 2014 | Arts and Entertainment, Civil Liberties, Foreign Policy, Terrorism, World Affairs
Published: Daily Dot (December 22, 2014) Say what you will about The Interview, but let’s abandon the notion that the filmmakers were wrong for their fictionalized depiction of Kim Jong-un’s death. The reason is simple: It is healthy to assert that Kim Jong-un...
Dec 19, 2014 | Arts and Entertainment, Civil Liberties, Foreign Policy, Terrorism, World Affairs
Published: Good Men Project (December 19, 2014) Matthew Rozsa is mad as hell that Sony pulled ‘The Interview.’ But he’s equally horrified by the company’s racist attitudes. ___ If North Korea has shown the world anything, it is that the executives at Sony are abject...
Dec 18, 2014 | Arts and Entertainment, Civil Liberties, Foreign Policy, Terrorism, World Affairs
Published: Good Men Project (December 18, 2014) Matthew Rozsa believes North Korea’s threat to Sony challenges the very essence of our democratic freedoms. ___ Is it too much to expect Americans who expect to profit from the First Amendment to stand up for its...