Aug 26, 2015 | Class Issues, Economic Policy, Elections - Presidential (2016), Salon.com, Science and Technology
Published: Salon (August 26, 2015), The Daily Dot (August 19, 2015) Believe it or not, there is a line that Donald Trump refuses to cross. As he has made clear in debates and speeches, he parts ways with the other Republican candidates over the touchy subject of...
Jul 6, 2015 | Criminal Justice/Prison-Industrial Complex, Death Penalty, Salon.com, Science and Technology, Supreme Court and Other Judicial Issues
Published: Daily Dot (July 6, 2015), Salon (July 8, 2015) After the Supreme Court issued a 5-to-4 ruling upholding the use of a lethal injection drug for death penalty cases last week, Justice Breyer’s dissent has lit up the Internet. In his opposition, Breyer not...
Jun 24, 2015 | Civil Liberties, Criminal Justice/Prison-Industrial Complex, Science and Technology
Published: Daily Dot (June 24, 2015) The Eighth Amendment of the United States Constitution may not have as much political cachet as the First or Second, but it’s a safe bet you’re familiar with one of its most important phrases (italics added for emphasis):...
Apr 30, 2015 | General Advice, History, Science and Technology
Published: Good Men Project (April 30, 2015) Matthew Rozsa shares a brief story from Roman history to teach a life lesson. ___ Whenever I discover an anecdote from ancient history that offers a clear lesson for the present, my inner history nerd rejoices at the...
Apr 18, 2015 | Elections, Elections - Other, Science and Technology
Published: Daily Dot (April 18, 2015) American democracy is quite literally under attack. Why aren’t we spending as much money as it takes to protect it? According to a security review published by the Virginia Information Technologies Agency earlier this week, the...
Feb 24, 2015 | Science and Technology, World Affairs
Published: Pixable (February 24, 2015) This has been a historic month for science. Even if all scientific progress crawls to a stop this week, the knowledge we’ve already acquired since February 1, 2015 is likely to have a direct impact on all of our lives. Among the...
Feb 23, 2015 | Science and Technology
Published: Daily Dot (February 23, 2015) Are we approaching the dawn of the virtual reality age? “You’re looking at the future,” declared Chris Cox, the chief product officer at Oculus VR, in reference to his company’s virtual reality headset being purchased by...
Feb 18, 2015 | Asperger's Syndrome, Conspiracy Theories, Health & Wellness (Physical), Science and Technology
Published: Quartz (February 18, 2015) I still remember the first article I ever wrote about growing up with Asperger’s Syndrome. It was compelled (I’m reluctant to say inspired) by some of the controversial reports that circulated after the Sandy Hook Elementary...
Feb 5, 2015 | Asperger's Syndrome, Conspiracy Theories, Health & Wellness (Physical), President Obama, Science and Technology
Published: Daily Dot (February 5, 2015) “The science is, you know, pretty indisputable.” Those were President Obama’s words in an interview with NBC News’ Savannah Guthrie earlier this week during which he urged parents to get their children vaccinated. While it’s...
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...