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Three Truths About Racism

I started to write a post about racism, but the more I wrote the more it started to make me sound like a racist. I scratched that post, but what I wanted to say with it was probably best captured by David Benioff. He…
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 …
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…
The Racism of Christianity

There’s a popular t-shirt that’s mostly worn by suburban teenagers, twentysomething white professionals, and Asian tourists who like to shop at Urban Outfitters while in America. The t-shirt has an image of Jesus Ch…
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…
This is MY America

Most people believe that the First Amendment to the United States Constitution gave us the right of free speech. We were taught that the First Amendment granted us the right to protest things that we think are wrong, th…

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