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The Best Article (So Far) Explaining Trump’s Weird Rise 0
- Culture
- October 17, 2016
David Wong at Cracked has written what is perhaps the best article I’ve yet read explaining the rise of Donald Trump. Published last week, it has already been read by more than 3 million people. (Warning: the article contains some profanity.) The headline of the article, “How Half of America Lost Its F**king Mind,”
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When Virtue Becomes a Death Warrant 0
- Culture
- October 17, 2016
Earlier in the election, the idea was advanced that the moral character of a candidate no longer matters. Accordingly, the two main choices Americans have for president are individuals whose pasts are tainted by dishonesty and immorality. One of these two candidates will eventually exhibit great control over American life, largely because of the current,
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6 Healthy Relationship Habits that are Often Mistaken as Unhealthy 0
- Family
- October 14, 2016
Oftentimes people think that being in a successful relationship means never fighting, learning to communicate effectively with one another, and always doing romantic gestures to show them that you care. While these are indeed all great things to strive for, they do not paint a realistic picture of the typical relationship. Everyone is different and
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Why Colleges Should Drop Racial Preferences 0
- Culture
- October 14, 2016
The Gallup Organization and Inside Higher Ed co-hosted a conference in Washington on September 15. They called it “Not Out of the Woods: Colleges, Diversity and Affirmative Action after a Year of Protest and Court Battles.” Most of those in attendance were university officials of one kind or another. I was the sole participant who
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Academic Research is in Danger of Becoming a Joke 0
- Education
- October 14, 2016
What do a gay man expressing his voyeuristic fantasies about intercourse with Dominican sex workers, Pumpkin Spiced Lattés demonstrating inherent White Supremacy, a doctoral thesis on ethical implications of ghosts and scary stories on the internet, and the need for a Feminist epistemology of glaciers have in common? They’re all the topics of academic papers
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What Meditation Can Do For Your Brain 0
- Family
- October 14, 2016
Can meditation grow your brain, make you more compassionate, and slow the aging process? Sounds too crazy to believe, right? Like most, I tended to look at the supposed positive effects of meditation as, at best, a tree-hugger’s wishful thinking, or, at worst, utter poppycock. But recent studies are making me question my dismissal of
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The Best Article (So Far) Explaining Trump’s Weird Rise 0