The country has recently witnessed the Senate Confirmation Hearing of Judge Brett Kavanaugh, the Trump Administration’s latest Supreme Court nominee. Following the confirmation hearing, we all got to witness a second hearing in which psychology professor and sexual assault victim, Dr. Christine Blasey Ford, was able to present her account of what happened to her one night in high school, a night in which she alleges Kavanaugh sexually assaulted her. Read More…
Tapes and Flippers: History Repeats Itself
I just watched the movie, “I, Tonya,” the story of Tonya Harding, centered around her abusive relationships with her mother and husband, and of course, the sensational attack on Nancy Kerrigan’s knee leading up to the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer, Norway. Read More…
Crisis at the US-Mexico Border
Let’s get one thing clear – illegal immigration is illegal. No one’s arguing that it isn’t. Illegal immigration isn’t what this is about, though. Not entirely, at least. Read More…
The “Historic” Nuclear Summit: Optics or Progress?
On June 12, 2018, history was made…but just a little bit. I don’t mean to discredit those who made it happen in saying that, nor do I mean to diminish its significance. Allow me to explain. Read More…
Ajit Pai: The Anti-Net Neutrality Crusader
I spent a good chunk of my day crawling Ajit Pai’s Twitter feed. Who is Ajit Pai? In short, he’s the Chairman for the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). At length? He’s the worst.
Yes, I know that sounds like an extremely biased thing to contend, but allow me to explain. Read More…
The Iran Nuclear Deal: For It, or Nah?
Remember in Back to the Future when Doc Brown needed to generate 1.21 gigawatts of electricity to power his time machine/DeLorean, and all he needed to achieve that was “a little plutonium”? Read More…
The Conflict in Syria, Explained by a n00b
In Houston, high school freshmen have to take a year of world geography and no history. After that, we have world history in 10th, US history in 11th…and then I remember taking European history in 12th, but I might have taken that one “just for fun.” Read More…
That One Time the Easter Bunny Was All of Us
By now, the image of the Easter Bunny from Sunday’s Easter celebration at the White House has surely been rooted in your psyche, haunting your dreams and subtly inflicting your waking life with paranoia and vague anxiety. Read More…
Post-Primaries, What’s the Next Step?
The primaries, the first step in the midterm election process, took place on March 6. The results are in. Your candidates for the November ballot have been selected. The bubble has gotten smaller. The focus has been narrowed. Read More…
Representation in the US, Ethiopia, and Wakanda
While the United States reopens a debate that never should have been closed, the world around us is still suffering with its own issues. Read More…