The recent anniversaries of Hiroshima and Nagasaki's destruction by atomic bombs reminded me of an odd encounter I once had with one of the responsible parties. It happened at a Starbucks in a small Northwestern college town several years ago. I have a tendency to attract the crazies while out and ...
Mixed martial arts is one of the world’s fastest-growing sports, and many say it is already more popular than boxing. Yet MMA's sociological and historical significance seems hardly to have been given a second thought. Our academics worry that it furthers “cultural ideals of domination ...
Dear Henry Rollins, In a recent interview you expressed concern, like so many of our other socially conscious celebrities, that the so-called “War on Women” was slowing the wheels of progressive permissiveness. It caused me to reflect on why I’m no longer much of a fan. I thought ...
In keeping with its world-famous heartlessness, the United States has defunded UNESCO. The world's innocent children are unjustly suffering even as you read this. Such has been the predictable cry of outrage heard ever since UNESCO's member states voted overwhelmingly to admit Palestine as a full ...
