Are you mad at rich people? Do you respect them? The class warfare debate is as alive as ever, and[…]
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The New Loch Ness Monster Sighting
Do you believe in monsters–or aliens, or ghosts… A neat image surfaced in the media on Friday. (That’s not all[…]
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Images are constantly used to make a statement. Sometimes, however, there’s more than one statement being made–and that’s the case[…]
Read morePrisons Should be for Protection and Rehabilitation–Not Revenge
In November 2009, Andrew Conley, 17, was wrestling with his 10-year old brother when he decided to put a choke[…]
Read moreNew Plateaus Geography Spotlight # 3 – São Tomé and Príncipe
*This article was co-written with the help of the talented and intelligent, Thomas Brandt. If you’re ever interested in contributing[…]
Read moreA Generation Back From the Dead
This is a piece about our connection to ancestors, their way of life in the Midwest, and these discoveries through[…]
Read moreHmm, Maybe Canada Really is on Top of the U.S.
When I was a boy, the Cannuck currency was 2/3 that of America’s. I remembered the ratio by comparing it[…]
Read moreYour Own Virtual Girlfriend
In Japan, technologists have created some kind of cutie-pie cartoonish virtual young woman who follows you around in real life.[…]
Read moreThe Irony of Apple
Steve Jobs was a self-starting, free-thinking entrepreneur. Yet whenever a new Apple product is released, we see that part of[…]
Read moreOn Freedom, China, and ObamaCare
Happy Fourth of July! Here are some thoughts about freedom. My friend, Susan, attends a very liberal liberal-arts college. It[…]
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