Dragon Con: Where Everything Goes and All Are Accepted
For many people in the United States, Labor Day weekend has come to represent the final opportunity for beach vacations and cookouts, the last days of summer, and the beginning of a new school year.... Read More
Poor Excuses: The Relationship between Poverty and White Nationalism
In his infamous “fine people on both sides” press conference following the tragic events in Charlottesville, Virginia, President Trump offered a solution for America’s persistent struggle with racial violence. “If we continue to create jobs... Read More
Generalizing about Generations: Our Favorite Pointless Pastime
A few months ago I attended a lunch seminar put on by my local chamber of commerce. The topic was “the multi-generational workforce.” The lecture itself was tedious, as the speaker went through slide after... Read More
There’s Only One Way to Look at Trump’s “Both Sides” Argument
At his campaign-style rally last night in Phoenix, Arizona, Donald Trump devoted, according to the Washington Post, “more than sixteen minutes to re-litigating his response to the horror in Charlottesville.” The president reread the statement... Read More
Can Good Be Good if Nobody Knows It?
Thousands of years ago Socrates asked the question: Is the pious loved by the gods because it is pious, or is it pious because it is loved by the gods? Put in more ethical terms,... Read More
Just Sayin’: The ACLU Defends Milo Yiannopoulos
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) is suing the DC Metro for banning (and in one case removing) political ads its advertising department deemed noncompliant with its commercial guidelines. The civil rights organization is challenging... Read More
Almost Here! The Great American Solar Eclipse
People tend to be afraid of the unknown. When faced with mysteries, people throughout history have felt compelled to make up stories to explain them. Whenever unexpected and mysterious things lay completely beyond human control,... Read More
