Jan 22, 2015 | Autobiographical, Jewish Experiences, mic, Terrorism, World Affairs
Published: Good Men Project (January 22, 2015) Matthew Rozsa explores the divided politics of the American Jewish community. ___ Although I recall a great deal about the day I was nearly murdered, my conscious memory has suppressed the few minutes during which my head...
Jan 21, 2015 | Democrats, Economic Policy, Education, Health Care Reform, mic, Political Parties, President Obama
Published: Daily Dot (January 21, 2015) The gist of President Obama’s State of the Union speech can be found in one sentence: “The shadow of crisis has passed and the State of the Union is strong.” This was not the address of a president whose party suffered a...
Jan 20, 2015 | Arts and Entertainment, mic
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 19, 2015 | Foreign Policy, Media Issues, mic, Race and Racism, Terrorism, World Affairs
Published: Daily Dot (January 19, 2015) Starting on Jan. 3, hundreds of Nigerians were slaughtered in an attack on the border city of Braga by the notorious Islamic terrorist group Boko Haram. Shortly after, two girls blew themselves up at a market in the northeastern...
Jan 13, 2015 | Elections, Elections - Other, Elections - Presidential (2012), General Advice, History, mic
Published: Good Men Project (January 13, 2015) Matthew Rozsa looks for lessons in the lives and legacies of the presidential ‘Also Rans.’ ___ I have looked by the way at what happens to anybody in this country who loses as the nominee of their party. They become a...
Jan 12, 2015 | Arts and Entertainment, Foreign Policy, mic, Military-Industrial Complex/Security State, Original Source 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 12, 2015 | mic, Religion and Religious Issues, Terrorism, World Affairs
Published: Daily Dot (January 12, 2015) Even before the events in Paris this week, many Americans already harbored prejudicial attitudes toward Muslims, and not surprisingly, there has been a flurry of Islamophobia in the immediate aftermath of the Charlie Hebdo...
Jan 12, 2015 | Asperger's Syndrome, General Advice, Mental Illness, mic, Original Source Salon.com
Published: Good Men Project (January 12, 2015) With over a million U.S. children with autism approaching adulthood, Matthew Rozsa looks at impact of the coming wave. ___ There is talk of an impending “autism tsunami. “More than 1.5 million people have the condition in...
Jan 11, 2015 | Climate Change and Other Environmental Issues, Conservativism, Foreign Policy, Immigration, mic, Political Ideologies, Political Parties, President Obama, Republicans
Published: MSNBC (January 11, 2015) Listening to Rep. Louis Gohmert’s (R-TX) revanchist logic for his failed bid to oust John Boehner as speaker of the House earlier this month, you’d think the tea party wing of the Republican Party had been working with President...
Jan 8, 2015 | Conspiracy Theories, Internet Culture, mic, Original Source Salon.com, Other Media, President Obama
Published: Daily Dot (January 8, 2015), Salon (January 13, 2015), Interview with LeGrande Green (January 15, 2015) From latte salute-gate to birther conspiracy theories, a look at some of the dopiest attacks against the president Dinesh D'Souza exits the Manhattan...
