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 questions covering major moments in American history.... Read Original Article
Published: mic (February 28, 2014)
It’s the NFL off-season and while players are on vacation and there’s no good excuse to get debauched on a Sunday any longer, something else is afoot — NFL rule changes.
On Feb. 22, news broke that the NFL’s Competition Committee is considering an automatic 15-yard penalty for use of the “n-word” on the field and presumably other racial slurs.
Published: mic (February 25, 2014)
To determine the fate of Michigan’s constitutional ban on gay marriage, a federal court in Detroit is holding hearings on whether having same-sex parents is harmful to children.
It’s a tricky question (for some), but here’s the truth.
The Heritage Foundation held meetings to discuss “the need for new studies and research to back up claims that same-sex marriage is actually bad for the family.” ... Read Original Article
Published: mic (February 24, 2014), Appearance on Channel 69 – WFMZ (February 25, 2014)
The news: Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel plans to announce billions of dollars in military spending cuts, reducing our armed forces to troop levels unseen since 1940— before America entered World War II. In addition to reducing the size of our standing army, he will also propose limiting pay raises, increasing health care premiums, reducing benefits like housing allowances, and eliminating the use of A-10 “tank killer” aircraft and the U-2 spy plane.... Read Original Article
Published: mic (February 21, 2014)
Jean-Luc Godard once said that the best way to criticize a movie is to make another one. But our generation has put a strange twist on his aphorism: Even when we make new movies, we only seem to do so as a way of seeing old ones again.
Published: mic (February 19, 2014)
The news. In a recent interview with Politico, Senator Rand Paul (R-Ky.) discussed how the Republican Party could attract minority voters by focusing on a new slate of issues. These included reforming the war on drugs, opposing indefinite detention of detainees at military bases, and shifting the immigration debate away from border security and toward “find[ing] a place” for illegal residents who are willing to find work.... Read Original Article