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What is Really Going On

I have a photographic memory. I have an uncanny ability to not forget things. This “talent” has been, for the most part, beneficial to me. This single quality of mine is the only reason why I was able to successfully …
The Understanding of White People

There is a scene in Spider-Man 3 that pisses me off every time I see it. The scene shows Mary Jane (played by Kirsten Dunst) and Harry (played by that one dude in Pineapple Express) on a date, except they’re not really …
Rage Road

Yesterday on my way to work I experienced an incident involving a phenomenon known as “road rage.” In a nutshell, I changed lanes, another driver felt that I cut him off, he honked at me, I raised my hand up apologetica…
Solstice Reintroduction

I work in an industry that allows me to have a relatively easy lifestyle. Unfortunately, my job is over fifty miles away from my home, which means that every morning I’m faced with a lonely, hour-long, and congested com…
Christianity Never; Yesterday Forever

Barack Obama is probably not a socialistic Muslim terrorist. He’s probably not even a Muslim. But, if he is, indeed, a Muslim, then he’s a very lousy one at best because from what I have seen, it has been well document…
A Week of Outbursts: A Tactless New Tradition

Over the past few years several annual traditions have developed in the realm of popular music. For example, The Killers have made it a tradition to put out at least one uninspired Christmas single every year since 2005…
Black Xanga

Kanye West recently said that when it’s all said and done, history will remember him as the voice of this generation. He might be right. His popularity is unparalleled, and it is projected that his new album will sell …
The Great American Fall Guy (A Post on Socialism)

Southern California has been all over the news during the past week for two reasons. The first involved Michael Jackson. After two months of being dead, his family and friends finally planted him in the Forest Lawn Ce…
The Deconstruction of Abortion (Or, This Will Never Be Seen on Revelife)

People say that the moment in your life when you truly and genuinely feel most alive is the moment right before you’re about to die (or think you’re about to die). Many people say that in the fleeting moments before dea…
Understanding White People, Part 2

(For Understanding White People, Part 1, go here.) I recently took a Facebook quiz entitled “How White Are you?” and I got the result “25%”. Without even considering the sociopolitical ramifications that arise from posi…

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