Nov 11, 2014 | Arts and Entertainment, mic, Race and Racism
Published: Daily Dot (November 11, 2014) Why can’t we get over blackface? Take the backlash against Nisha Damji, the British woman who complained about a pub owner’s use of blackface. After expressing her feelings in an online forum, Damji was greeted with online...
Nov 6, 2014 | Education, Gender and Sexism, History, mic, 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 6, 2014 | General Advice, mic, President Obama, Race and Racism
Published: Daily Dot (November 6, 2014) Ben Stein’s credibility as a nerd is dead, as Stein’s recent controversial (and patently untrue) claim that President Obama is the “most racist president there has ever been in America” is evidence that he’s departed the...
Oct 23, 2014 | Arts and Entertainment, Gender and Sexism, General Advice, mic
Published: Good Men Project (October 23, 2014), Daily Dot (October 27, 2014) Matt Rozsa doesn’t see the passion of the basement generation as necessarily a bad thing, but it needs to be used for good. “Man, I see in Fight Club the strongest and smartest men who’ve...
Oct 23, 2014 | Asperger's Syndrome, Autobiographical, mic, Science and Technology
Published: Daily Dot (October 23, 2014) Earlier this week, the New York Times ran an editorial by Judith Newman about her autistic child and the bond he has developed with Siri, the iPhone app. After discovering there was “someone who would not just find information...
Oct 21, 2014 | Class Issues, General Advice, Internet Culture, mic
Published: Daily Dot (October 21, 2014) If there’s one topic food service employees love to discuss, it’s the pros and cons of working in their industry. People seem to hold a different standard for how they treat waiters, fast food clerks, and the wide range of other...
Oct 16, 2014 | Arts and Entertainment, Health & Wellness (Physical), Internet Culture, mic, President Obama
Published: Daily Dot (October 16, 2014) Unlikely though it might seem, First Lady Michelle Obama’s new viral video “Turnip for What” is more than just a silly video that parodies a hip-hop hit to teach Americans about the joys of eating the titular vegetable. Indeed,...
Oct 13, 2014 | Autobiographical, Education, Internet Culture, mic, Science and Technology
Published: Daily Dot (October 13, 2014) The website Rate My Professor, which allows users to rank and write reviews of their teachers, is more than just a valuable tool for college students who want to be smart consumers about their classroom experiences. It also...
Oct 11, 2014 | Elections, Elections - Presidential (2016), Foreign Policy, Liberalism, Libertarianism, mic, Military-Industrial Complex/Security State, Millennials, Original Source Salon.com, Political Ideologies
Published: Salon (October 11, 2014) Previously, politicians fought to be seen as more hawkish than their opponents. Here's why those days are over Senator Rand Paul, ostensibly the heir to his father’s reputation as one of America’s premier go-to libertarians,...
Oct 9, 2014 | Extremism, mic, Original Source Salon.com, Political Ideologies, Religion and Religious Issues, World Affairs
Published: Salon (October 9, 2014) Militant atheism of "Real Time" host and Sam Harris makes them focus on Islam as the enemy, blinds them to history There are six words that sum up Bill Maher’s basic case against Islam: “I’m the liberal in this debate.” No,...
