Instead of Asking if Greece Will Stay, We Should Ask Who’s Next
By Alex Gold Fingers are pointing and blame is flying — the Greek debt crisis is the fault of the Greek government, or the Greek people, or the banks, or the ECB, or… Continue reading
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Media Accounts of Church Arson Don’t Match Reality
By Alex Hyder After seeing reports on the spate of fires at black churches, I had to wonder: is this really atypical? After all, this is a huge country with hundreds of thousands… Continue reading
Thomas and Alito’s Straw Man Arguments Against The Fair Housing Act
While everyone is laughing at Justice Antonin Scalia’s “interpretive jiggery-pokery” and “pure apple sauce”, another very important SCOTUS case was decided yesterday. The Fair Housing Act was up for interpretation in Texas Department… Continue reading
White Flag
“Thine enemies roar in the midst of thy congregations; they set up their ensigns for signs.” — Psalm 74:4 For months, the events have gathered, scattered ominously across the landscape like dark foreboding… Continue reading
Chat Corner: Thoughts on Netflix’s “Hot Girls Wanted” and Sex Work
Sebastian, Angie, and Sarah discuss pornography, prostitution, and the new Netflix documentary Hot Girls Wanted, about the amateur porn industry. The conversation is edited and compiled. *** SEBASTIAN: Chris Hedges on prostitution: “If… Continue reading
The Ethics of Public Shaming
Consider this thought experiment. Melissa, a 43-year-old mother of two, lives in Cedar Rapids, IA. Melissa works as an assistant manager at Hobby Lobby, and is both a competent employee and an enthusiastic… Continue reading
Chat Corner: Cultural Relativism in Public Schools
Sebastian and Angie discuss a recent The Federalist Papers article claiming: “In one school district in Oregon, a common American food eaten by millions each day [peanut butter and jelly sandwiches] is now… Continue reading
McKinney, Private Discrimination, and the Freedom of Association
On Friday, police officers responded to a disturbance at a pool party in McKinney, Texas with a grotesque and excessive use of force. By Sunday, the event had become the latest southern outrage… Continue reading
Chat Corner: Gentrification and White Guilt
After reading an article in New York Magazine excerpted from DW Gibson’s The Edge Becomes the Center: An Oral History of Gentrification in the 21st Century, the gang discusses gentrification, poverty, income inequality and white… Continue reading