By: Ryan Nathan I met Mary Kay Andrews once. She said that she wrote "commercial, pop fiction just to make money." We've all seen it. Those books you find while waiting in line at the grocery store, at airports, news stands, wherever—it's all pretty invasive. Commercial fiction. The all…
By: Jim Hoover Now that the great recession has drug down the great bulk of Americans, who is left to support the top 2% greed glut? The answer is Beijing. Republicans forced the continuation of the tax cuts for the rich on pliant Democrats, so now we can borrow…
By: Jeremy Mydril Imagine what it would look like if Leon Trotsky was reincarnated into a seventeen-year-old Canadian high school student who tries to unionize the students of his public high school, and that's what 'The Trotsky' was all about. Leon Bronstein (played by Jay Baruchel) is a disenfranchised…
By: Thomas Reyour While many are perhaps overzealously reveling and celebrating the death of Osama bin Laden, I propose that rather than throwing up our hands, screaming, "Ding, Dong, bin Laden's dead!" that we rather take this moment in history in silent reflection. Thousands upon thousands dead, civil liberties…
By: Fred Buntril Viktor Frankl is, among other things, both a psychiatrist and a Holocaust survivor. While reading his book Man's Search For Meaning, those are the two most important biographic pieces throughout the book. What he does that's perhaps different and unique compared to many other theorists and…
By: James Daniels With the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, the United States became the world’s only superpower. During the remainder of the decade, the US economy flourished and things went reasonably well both internally and externally for the US. However, things have changed dramatically since then…
By Jim Hoover Osama bin Laden, the al-Qaeda leader responsible for thousands of deaths, is dead. An eight-month-long investigation of a suspected compound deep inside Pakistan led to a plan to erase bin Laden. After Obama ordered a small Special Forces team to attack the compound, a resulting fire…
By: James Daniels Despite conflict between the NFL Player’s Association and the owners, the 2011 NFL Draft will begin on April 28th. Barring a trade, the Carolina Panthers will pick first. Who are they expected to pick? Despite using their first pick on a quarterback last year, many believe they will…
'Taboo Jive' Review By: Brandon Abbott While searching for some community blogs, I came across Taboo Jive. This site is, as they state, is a virtual discussion board debating the controversial. And they do just that. I browsed the site a bit, and came across some very eye-opening topics…
By Teo Sagisman @ ReligionNerd.com The “N” word, one of the vilest and most disgusting words in English language. Every American knows not to use it to address someone unless they mean to denigrate their target. It has been over a year since my encounter with the man who…