Avatar romanticizes and essentializes Ewoks: I mean Native Americans. It shows positive images of less materialistic and more environmentally-balanced culture, and it suggests modern America could learn...
This article discusses the nature of "orientation" ceremonies and the nature of how people bond. Specifically, I talk about how going through a mildly unpleasant experience in a large group inevitably brings you closer with the people in that group.
President Obama announced in his State of the Union address that he would work to end the military's "don't ask, don't tell" policy for gay servicemembers. "Don't ask, don't tell" is outdated and must be repealed, but the fight won't be easy.
The Supreme Court's ruling on campaign contributions has opened up the floodgates for Big Business money in politics, to the detriment of the rest of us.
One of the most interesting things about college is the vocabulary you pick up. I'm not talking about words like "salient" or "dichotomy": I'm talking about words like "hella" and "dank." When I first...
Obama can only do so much in the face of a filibuster-bent Senate. Americans need to educate themselves and seek to change the undemocratic filibuster system.
Tech writers need to stop speculating about the iPad before they have seen it and to stop whining about how the iPad has failed to live up to their messianic expectations.
