Is There a Difference Between Tim Thomas Boycotting the White House in 2012 and Braden Holtby Doing the Same in 2019? Tim Thomas' 2011 season is arguably the best single-season by a goalie in hockey history: he won the Vezina Trophy for season's best goalie, the Conn Smythe for playoffs MVP, and back-stopped the Boston [...]
Comedians That Tell the News Do Not Tell the Truth If you ever trusted the news from comedians like Jon Stewart, Trevor Noah, and John Oliver, you are an idiot. The likes of Samantha Bee, Stephen Colbert, and Jim Jeffries are maybe the worst possible places to gather your world information. Plain and simple, they [...]
How the Electoral College Shows More Information Does Not Mean We Have More Knowledge Almost all of the world's information is available right at our fingertips. Endless data is a mere keystroke away no matter who you are or where you are. Whether it is answering how is the weather in Hong Kong for somebody [...]
Every Hamas Rocket Proves the Terrorist Organization Believes in Israel Late in the evening of March 14, 2019, Tel Avivians heard a sound familiar to almost all Israelis; an air-raid siren signaling incoming rockets. However, for most of the people living in Tel Aviv, this sound interrupting their late evening lives was a most unwelcome [...]
Alex Trebek is Your Condescending Uncle... and We Love Him for It How is it possible that a man who by definition has all the answers, and can come off as smug while imparting that knowledge, can be so universally loved? What Alex Trebek does as the host of Jeopardy! should be impossible; nobody should [...]
Intersectionality is the Enemy of Progress and True Dialogue Quick! What is the better soda? Coca-Cola or Pepsi? Before you even registered the question, your brain already produced an answer. An answer that is by definition subjective, but you know, deep down in the most foundational places of your soul, that there is a correct [...]
Biases Impact Our Perception of the World... Even How We See Antisemitism As someone who considers himself fairly objective, this is a very difficult article to write and a very difficult thing to confess; I have biases. I have biases in sports; when I see LeBron James, I do not see the best NBA player [...]
Claims for Equality are Directly Leading to Unfairness Striving for equality in all walks of life seems like a great mission. We are all humans, therefore we should all be treated the same way. In a vacuum this makes sense, in reality, it does not. The base assumption for those dreaming of full equality is [...]
Revisionist Humor Would Deny Us Comedy Gold... and Happiness Mel Brooks is the greatest all-around comedian of the 20th century. From acting and directing to writing and producing, nobody could do it all like Mel Brooks. However, if Brooks tried to make any of his movies today, he would still be plying his trade somewhere [...]
Even When the Patriots Racked Up Losses This Year It Was Beneficial It is rare that you look back on a season and can honestly say, "you know what? There were some really good losses this year. It was genuinely beneficial that we racked up those particular losses during the season." The 2018 Patriots season [...]
