Is this election destroying us?
We’ve all seen the numbers, the horrendous “favorability” and “likability.” News commentators keep telling us that this year we have the choice between the two most loathed presidential...
Category: Commentary
The bullying of Gabby Douglas says something ugly about America
Of all the rampant sexism being flung around during the 2016 Olympics, the most hateful may be what's happening to American gymnast Gabby Douglas, who is suffering a thousand cuts at the hands of...
Demanding harsh sentences for rapists feeds the prison-industrial complex
Another day, another case in which a US judge hands down an extremely lenient sentence to a white, privileged rapist with a 'bright future' ahead of him. Cue fury, with people rising up to demand a...
Take Me Back: Why are we so obsessed with time travel?
Last year, the future arrived. At least, the future as predicted by Back to the Future Part II. And for the most part, it was pretty accurate. We now have video messaging, high quality pocket-sized...
Do we really need to analyze Stranger Things to death?
Stranger Things is back in the zeitgeist again. Here's one from the archives... All aboard the nostalgia train, next stop Netflix and the '80s themed series Stranger Things. We disembark in Hawkins,...
Americans living overseas: Make sure your vote is counted this November
Yes. Americans living abroad can vote for the President of the United States of America. Yes. Americans living abroad can, and did, vote in the presidential primaries. Yes. Americans living abroad...
Donald Trump is clearly not capable of being president
Yesterday, a grown man got into a fight with a baby. This wouldn't be a particularly newsworthy event, but for this: The grown man was a presidential candidate from a major US party. During an event...
Politeia 2.0 aims to reshape Greek democracy
How representative is the electoral system of representative democracy? Evidence shows that voter turnout in established democracies has taken a slump since the '80s. Voter apathy is directly...
I’ve only caught one Pokémon, and not just due to server issues
Damnit, I was so excited for Pokémon GO a few months ago. A Pokémon game on cell phones where I could walk around in the real world and catch my very own Pocket Monsters? It felt like the stuff of...
Tim Kaine: The Wonderbread of VP picks
So… Tim Kaine, I guess. Huh. Hillary Clinton’s VP pick, the matter of speculation, excitement and fervid political fan-fiction for months, has turned out to be the mother of all disappointing...