Category: Culture
When something needs to change
I won’t forget those toys in the sandbox, the ones that looked like little compact excavators. A red excavator sat across from a yellow one, and I would sit on one and my brother would...
“Winning the internet” and how to resent much of the new online universe
Imagine if I’d elected as the tagline for this post: “If you don’t read this you’re probably wasting your life.” You’d likely think I was being an overdramatic jerk, but you might click on it...
It’s not anti-semitic to oppose Israel’s bombardment of Gaza
In the last few days, more than 100 Palestinians – half of whom were women and children – have been killed by Israeli bombs. Eight hundred have been injured. Thousands of homes – homes! where...
Not getting blind drunk doesn’t make you boring
Every year lists come out comparing American institutes of higher learning. Schools are judged on every possible level: test scores, cafeteria quality, standard of living, graduation rate, availability of professors, athletic programs, and a bunch...
Thoughts from My Mid-20s
I turned 25 last week. I’m neither thrilled nor disappointed. After 20, birthdays just sort of are. I don’t feel old at all, but I don’t feel especially young anymore either. It’s the feeling of...
Two sides to SCOTUS’s Hobby Lobby decision
Oh what a wonderland Facebook becomes in the aftermath of a Supreme Court decision! There have been a lot of angry reactions (and a few elated ones) to the Court’s 5-4 decision overruling the government...
Three ways you know your dad is great
1. He wants you to be your own person I feel bad that my dad doesn’t have anyone to go hunting with him anymore. He grew up going with his own father, but neither my siblings...
Mapping ISIL’s moves in Iraq
The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) now controls a full third of Iraq, and is at Baghdad’s doorstep. The terrorist group — now a small army — captured Ramadi and Fallujah to the...
The going rate for your education
While so many Americans are spoiled for education – apathetic kids barely willing to crack open a textbook – Nigerian children are being murdered for it. In Pakistan, Malala Yousafzai was shot in the head...
Piercing the Soul of America
Something is berserk in the Empire. Yet another guy has gone off the rails, run amok in a shooting storm that so far has left one dead and three injured, this time at Seattle Pacific...