We’ve all heard of Hong Kong, a region of China that’s kind of not really a part of China.
In fact, Hong Kong’s full name is Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China. Read More…
The Lion King – Repurposed for a 2019 Audience
Rhetorical question: Who saw The Lion King last weekend?
We all did.
Who cried all the way through Circle of Life?
Me, obviously. Read More…
The Gaslighting of the American People
There’s a lot that’s unfair in this world, some of which matters and most of which does not.
There are the more mundane “unfair” aspects of life, like how that one guy in school seemingly never had to study, but he always made perfect grades. Read More…
The Party of Lincoln
Albus Dumbledore, the headmaster of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry in the Harry Potter series was a great wizard, by all accounts. He was the only wizard that Voldemort (the bad guy) ever feared, and he was well-respected by his enemies, allies, and pupils. Read More…
How Left is Too Left?
My grandfather got sick a few weeks ago, so my family and I spent a lot of time in the hospital. While we were there, as so often happens, there was another family that we saw pretty regularly. We didn’t interact with them too much, but they were friendly. They seemed like a good, southern, Christian family. Read More…
2019 – Onward to Crazy
We keep talking about the United States of America and Americans as being “better than this.”
“This isn’t us,” we say. “This is America – we don’t tolerate these things.”
But we do. Read More…
Spider-Man’s Civic Responsibility
I finally watched Spider-Man: Homecoming the other day, which I think was the only Marvel movie I hadn’t already seen.
For those of you who don’t know, we actually meet the latest iteration of Spider-Man in Captain America: Civil War (which came out before Spider-Man: Homecoming). Read More…
What a Flipped House Actually Means
Balance. So many things in life come back to balance. While the extremes are always far more exciting, inspiring conviction, passion, and action, they are not sustainable. Read More…
Conflating Military Might and Colin Kaepernick
My older brother is a lieutenant in the US Navy.
For as long as I’ve known my brother, he’s always been obsessed with the military. He was always going on about fighter jets and helicopters, wartime carriers and submarines. He’d tell me stories about military strategy and how we won this battle and that, and I’d listen, but sometimes only half paying attention. Read More…
The Numbers Tell Their Own Story: Risk of Police-Involved Death by Race
Guest post by Dr. Farah Kudrath. Farah is an MD, MPH with a background in journalism. She is currently studying preventive medicine at Emory University.
The disproportionate use of lethal force against black people in the US is a divisive issue—and we aren’t exactly hurting for divisive issues these days. Read More…