Nov 26, 2014 | General Advice, History, Race and Racism
Published: Daily Dot (November 26, 2014) The Internet has the potential to communicate empathy unlike any other form of media in history. Unfortunately, as much of the online response to the Michael Brown shooting and Ferguson riots makes clear, it can also push us in...
Nov 20, 2014 | Democrats, Economic Policy, Elections, Elections - Presidential (2016), Foreign Policy, History, Liberalism, Military-Industrial Complex/Security State, Plutocracy, Political Ideologies, Political Parties
Published: Daily Dot (November 20, 2014) As a progressive millennial who actively volunteered for and supported Barack Obama in the 2008 Democratic presidential primaries, I am ready to make public an opinion I’ve only expressed in private until now: In retrospect, I...
Nov 6, 2014 | Education, Gender and Sexism, History, Race and Racism
Published: Good Men Project (November 6, 2014) Matthew Rozsa wonders if the American education system is producing good citizens. As Americans wind down from the 2014 midterm elections (and, inevitably, begin preparing for the presidential contest two years hence),...
Nov 4, 2014 | Health & Wellness (Physical), History, Mental Illness, Other Media, Salon.com, Science and Technology
Published: Daily Dot (November 4, 2014), Salon (November 5, 2014), Interview with CBC - Calgary (March 10, 2015), Interview with CBC - Edmonton (March 16, 2015) The ritual's energy savings are negligible, and the long winter nights are making us all miserable. Enough...
Jun 12, 2014 | Conservativism, Education, History, Political Ideologies, Religion and Religious Issues
Published: mic (June 12, 2014) The man who beat Eric Cantor may have a Ph.D., but he sure doesn't act like it. I'm not saying this because I disagree with his political views. There are plenty of conservatives and libertarians in academia (hoary claims of ivory tower...
Mar 24, 2014 | Arts and Entertainment, History
Published: mic (March 24, 2014) We all probably have a favorite president or two, but which of them is most like you in their beliefs? Not every president is included (sorry Thomas Jefferson and Theodore Roosevelt), but this quick quiz should help you discover which...
Mar 18, 2014 | Arts and Entertainment, History
Published: mic (March 18, 2014) It's easy to recite well-known presidential trivia — Washington was our first president, Cleveland was the only president to serve nonconsecutive terms, etc. — but do you know the quirkier facts? As an American history aficionado, it...
Mar 16, 2014 | Gay Rights and Other LGBTQIA Issues, History, Race and Racism, Religion and Religious Issues
Published: mic (March 16, 2014) Reverend Fred Phelps, the founder of the notorious Westboro Baptist Church, is reportedly "on the edge of death" at a hospice in Kansas. In case your memory needs refreshing, Phelps is best known for organizing protests at the funerals...
Mar 14, 2014 | Conservativism, Economic Policy, Foreign Policy, Gay Rights and Other LGBTQIA Issues, History, Mental Illness, Political Ideologies, Political Parties, Republicans, Salon.com
Published: mic (March 14, 2014) A CPAC attendee wearing a Ronald Reagan mask. Republicans sure love to talk about Ronald Reagan. Just look at some of these quotes from the Conservative Political Action Conference last week: "Once again, the GOP is where the action...
Mar 3, 2014 | Arts and Entertainment, History
Published: mic (March 3, 2014) The philosopher George Santayana famously wrote, "Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it." Put another way, some moments in American history are just too seminal not to have stored upstairs. Here are 10 trivia...