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  • ‘I Am Mother’: Brainless Diversion… but With a Darker Point

    ‘I Am Mother’: Brainless Diversion… but With a Darker Point0

    Warning: contains spoilers Post-apocalyptic shows and movies never seem to go out of style. Netflix is trying to corner part of this lucrative market with its own original content. Their latest addition to the canon is a movie called “I am Mother.” As is customary in such movies, we start by learning that a post-apocalyptic

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  • Yes to the Dress, No From… the Bridesmaid?

    Yes to the Dress, No From… the Bridesmaid?0

    “Don’t be afraid to say no.” Such was the advice of my aunt after I shared my frustrations about the high cost of being a bridesmaid. As a recent college graduate, I’ve been asked to be in several weddings, and the price ain’t pretty. I was taken aback at her advice. Doesn’t Pinterest dictate that

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  • Is a Hot Dog a Sandwich?

    Is a Hot Dog a Sandwich?0

    Walking back from a logic course in college, a friend asked me if I had heard of the “Is a Hot Dog a Sandwich?” debate raging on reddit. “No,” I told him, “what a silly thing for people to waste their time on.” Curiosity got the best of me, however, and I checked out the

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  • Poll: Americans Are Highly Critical of the State of Public Discourse

    Poll: Americans Are Highly Critical of the State of Public Discourse0

    You’re not imagining things if you think political debate has grown worse in the last several years. According to a new poll from Pew Research, a whopping 85 percent of Americans believe it has grown more negative. The breakdown of this overall view provides some interesting specifics. Eighty-five percent of Americans believe political debate has

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  • The Entrepreneur Who Became a Billionaire After Being Rejected by Facebook

    The Entrepreneur Who Became a Billionaire After Being Rejected by Facebook0

    Jan Koum had a rough upbringing. At 16, he immigrated from Europe to the United States with his mother and grandmother, who were fleeing political unrest and religious persecution. Jan’s mother got a job as a babysitter in California while Jan went to school and worked at a grocery store cleaning floors. His father planned

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  • The Flag Protection Amendment and American Greatness

    The Flag Protection Amendment and American Greatness0

    One of the great characteristics of Americans is their candor. Among the reasons we declared independence from what we believed to be the excesses of a corrupt British monarchy and aristocracy was our contempt for pretense, deference, and pomposity. We believed, instead, in simple virtue and simple values such as truth, decency, honesty, temperance, and

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