A Defense of Social Labels
Are you a Democrat or Republican? A Christian, or maybe Muslim? An Atheist? What’s your stance on abortion: Pro-Life or Pro-Choice? What’s your ethnicity? Labels for political parties, religions, races, […]
Tag Archives: culture
Survival Achieved–Now What?
Humans, as a species, no longer struggle to survive. We survive. Arguably too well. We inhabit almost every corner of the globe and have figured out how to survive in […]
Making Better Use of Humanity’s Most Valuable Resource: Good Ideas
Srinivasa Ramanujan has an interesting life story. As a child in India, Ramanujan was a mathematical prodigy, but lacked access to teachers who could help him exploit that brilliance. Instead, he […]
Black America & Radicalism: Thoughts on Malcom X’s Birthday
America preaches integration and practices segregation. – Malcolm X I’ve always been fascinated by how the 70’s were such an important time in terms of Black consciousness-raising, most of which […]
A Day of Mourning: Narratives and Counter-Narratives on Disability, Mercy, & Murder
March 1st, 2014 was a day of mourning. Vigils, organized by self-advocates and allies, took place across the country to mourn the loss of people with disabilities murdered by their […]
The Necessity of the Arts in Education
Exclusionary education is becoming more entrenched than ever. As governments across the nation slash budgets and continuously decrease funding for public education we begin to see its effects. Not only is the […]
The Tangible vs. Digital Dimensions of Thought & Experience
By John Artenstein, Quinnipiac University In the last decades, a new form of consciousness has taken contemporary thinking and life by storm. It is a curious, adept, and seemingly limitless […]
Meeting The Mayans: Applied Sentience Goes to Mexico
Getting There The road from Cancun to Chichen Itza—home of El Castillo, one of the New Seven Wonders of the World—is not made of dirt; it is not dilapidated, pot-hole ridden, […]
Ignorance and Malice: What Joshua Keating’s “If It Happened There” Says About Journalism Here
If you were one of the 120,000 people on Facebook who “liked” the first article in Joshua Keating’s Slate series, “If It Happened There”, then you probably found the satire on foreign affairs […]
Atheist & Gay: Double Jeopardy… or Opportunity?
By David Madison, PhD Biblical Studies Two Weddings The message on our placard was straightforward: “It’s Not Complicated: I Want to Marry the Man I Love. Case Closed.” My husband […]
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