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Cheating: I’ve Changed My Ways – No Really…
When A Cheater Learns to Stop Cheating I never once wanted to be a cheater. But I was. It made me feel small, horrible – and nearly suicidal. Not suicidal in that I actually tried to commit suicide, but in a way that I no longer liked myself – and it showed in my careless [...]
It’s a Miracle, Not a ‘Reality Show’
Miracles do happen. And apparently, they happen in Cleveland. On May 6th, Amanda Berry, Gina DeJesus, and Michelle Knight – three young women who were kidnapped and missing for around ten years – were rescued from a Cleveland home. An absolute miracle that they were discovered and that they were all found alive. This is [...]
A War on Science? It’s One Hypothesis
The scientific community is under attack. The desire for political control over science and its findings threaten the integrity of the entire system. The Science, Space and Technology Committee Chairman, Lamar Smith (R-Texas), drafted legislation that would provide political oversight to the National Science Foundation’s (NSF) peer review process for awarding research grants. Smith contends [...]
America’s Bad Week
Last week began with the Boston Marathon bombings where three people were killed and more than 170 injured. That was followed by the intense pursuit of the alleged perpetrators, which left two more dead, including one of the suspects. While this was ongoing, poison-laced letters were intercepted en route to President Obama, a Congressman, and [...]
Fearing the Engaged and Informed Canadian
Typically, an 80% means an “A” on your report card, unless of course you’ve just won a leadership race – then it means, simply, that you’ve won by a landslide. Sunday, April 14, 2013, Justin Trudeau took home an ‘A’ on his initial progress report – making him the new leader of the liberal party. [...]
Rules Are for Tools – We’re ‘Havana’ Good Time
There are many more important issues going on in the world today than where two American celebrities take their vacation. Oops, did I say “vacation?” I meant “Treasury-sanctioned people-to-people educational exchange.” Insert eye-rolling here. Superstar music couple Beyoncé and Jay-Z recently celebrated their 5th anniversary together in Cuba. US law prohibits ordinary Americans from vacationing [...]
Constitutionally Challenged
There is a reason why I like the works of George Orwell so much. They are so relevant to the human condition. Everyday we are living those stories – and in America quite vividly. The state of North Carolina recently proposed legislation to make Christianity the state religion and declare that their state was exempt [...]
Miss Stereotype Majors in Matrimony (with a Minor in Social Climbing)
Don’t delay! Make the most of your university experience! Graduate with your M.R.S. degree today! Ladies, did you know that you may not be making the most of your post-secondary education if you are not also husband shopping? That was the advice of Princeton alum, Susan Patton, in an opinion letter printed in The Daily [...]
Another Case for Gun Control
Not all American gun-owners are Yosemite Sam. There is a significant body, which believes in responsible gun-ownership with universal background checks. And then there are those who spuriously use the second amendment as a security blanket. As part of the gun control discourse, American astronaut Mark Kelly – husband of Gabrielle Giffords, the former US [...]
Freedom & Security: A Complicated Balance
It was revealed last week that the US Department of Justice (DOJ) secretly subpoenaed and seized some phone records of the Associated Press (AP) as part of a leak investigation in 2012. The DOJ claims that the leak put national security at risk. What that risk was is not entirely clear. There are reports that [...]
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