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Faith / God / Religion / Human rights / Justice / Politics
Freedom of Religion necessitates Freedom from Religion
Freedom of Religion is generally considered a positive around the world. However, laws like the one passed in Australia, despite being enacted in the name of religious freedom, only enshrine further discrimination. […]
Is COPPA good or bad?
YouTube starting this month is requiring all creators, regardless of location and whether or not they produce content intended for children, to designate whether their videos are made for kids. And many […]
Green energy: is it worth it?
Green energy is supposed to be a cleaner source of energy for people to use. By clean, it is meant that the energy produces less harmful pollutants, and in some cases, this […]
The Efficiency of Uniforms
A very common debate at school is whether the uniform is effective or not, coming from an all-girls school. I asked people from different backgrounds and different classes to gather their opinions […]
Economics / Human rights / Racism
Slavery in prisons continues. Corporations are profiting. The Thirteenth Amendment loophole must be closed.
Did you know that prisoners in the U.S are treated like defacto slaves and paid almost nothing for their labor while corporations are profiting by huge margins using their cheap labor? Prison […]
Unnamed
Shakespeare said, “A rose by any other name would smell just as sweet.” Then, I really hope Mr. Assman, or as he was called on the David Letterman show, Assman the Gasman, […]
A Transcendental View: Walt Whitman
In the song The Court of the Crimson King, the band King Crimson writes, “The gardener plants an evergreen/Whilst trampling on a flower,” (King Crimson 19-20) The song makes a statement that, […]
Is language the greatest human invention?
What do you consider the greatest human invention? Would it be television? The Internet? None of these would be possible without language. Language has empowered humankind to evolve from simple tribes to […]
Economics / Justice / Politics
Sanctions are not a just method of achieving foreign policy goals
Whenever the U.S. disagrees with a foreign power, calls for sanctions are heard across the nation. But what are sanctions? And are they a just method of achieving a country’s goals? According […]
Mr. Midshipman Hornblower, a story of self worth weaved in with swashbuckling naval action
Mr. Midshipman Hornblower by C.S. Forester is a riveting coming-of-age episodic novel set on the high seas off the coast of Europe during the Napoleonic Wars about the exploits of Horatio Hornblower, […]