NESCAC Students No Longer Care for the Liberal Arts and it Shows First, it was the appalling "Common Language Guide" from Amherst College. That was followed by Trinity College's Student Government Association denying the application of "The Churchill Club." Now the students representing the dreaded Purple Cows of Williams College think it best to reject [...]
Inciting Violence is Just the Latest in a Long Line of Phrases That Are Losing Meaning Nazi. Fascist. Holocaust. Hate Speech. Kapo. Fact Check. Apartheid. These are just some of the latest words and phrases that have gained traction over the last several years and are now almost entirely devoid of meaning. You can add, [...]
Beto O'Rourke's Latest Remarks Might Push Bibi Across the Finish Line For all of the talk and furor over Russia possibly meddling in the United States' 2016 Presidential election, the U.S. has no problem when it comes to sticking its nose into other countries' processes, none more so than when it comes to Israel. Beto [...]
The Pontiff Pontificates About Jerusalem, Ignores Reality This might anger some people. A Jewish guy taking a shot at Pope Francis, the leader of the Roman Catholic Church. The Bishop of Rome, sovereign of the Vatican City state. But he currently took a shot of his own at another sovereign city-state when he joined in on [...]
President Obama is Not Shy When it Comes to His Feelings on Jews and Israel If we are to believe Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib, an antisemitic member of Congress who literally wiped Israel off of the map on her first day in office, President Barack Obama is "proud of her." I am SHOCKED!!! The guy that [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
