With Thanksgiving just behind us and the December holidays fast approaching – or already upon us, if you celebrate Hanukkah – many of us are in the middle of navigating the playing field of large family gatherings with rarely-seen relatives. The standard questions are to be expected, of course: extended…
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Opinion: Time shapes modern episteme
My experience as a debater has allowed me to pursue and study many niche concepts that most people would overlook or simply dismiss due to how irrational they seem. Meanwhile, us debaters spend entire weekends ranting at almost incomprehensible speeds about how the state is bad and going to kill…
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Opinion: American waste is infuriating and ignorant
The United Nations (U.N.) has a list of goals for a sustainable development, in which “eradicating hunger” is second and “ensure access to water for all” is sixth. After almost a year in the United States observing Americans’ attitudes towards food and water, I could almost believe that there are…
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Opinion: U.S. education is fascist
The founding fathers conceptualized a nation free from oppression and open to expression, yet the institutions tasked with cultivating the youth are given the capability to ravage core American values. Every student ponders their obligation to school. Isn’t it hypocritical that we are raised under principles of freedom only to…
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Adverse Childhood Experiences, child abuse and corporal punishment, summarized
In previous articles it was discussed the correlation between dysfunctional behavior and child abuse, its psychological effects on the brain, the negative effects of spanking and the ethical nature of corporal punishment. This piece shall be a summation of such writings. Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) are extremely prevalent. Sexual and…
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Opinion: The Troost gentrification project is colonialism in action
There isn’t much deliberation needed over the question of whether or not the United States is a colonial project. The U.S. embodies the word colonialism and magnifies all of the worst qualities of it. The American origin story begins with settlement on Native American lands. This was Columbus’ supposed discovery…
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Opinion: Pope Francis, the Church needs an institutional overhaul
On Nov. 12, Pope Francis once again delayed the process to address the pervasive problem of child sexual abuse within the Catholic Church. The bishops from each of the 196 archdioceses in the U.S. were scheduled to meet to vote on measures to confront the child sexual abuse crisis when,…
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Opinion: Turkey attempts to regain dominance in the Middle East through death of journalist Jamal Khashoggi
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey has for some time desired for Turkey to replace Saudi Arabia as the dominant force in the Middle East. The murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi has demonstrated a well played opportunity to damage Saudi influence in the area, allowing for Turkey to fill the…
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The ethics of corporal punishment, explained
Realistically, violence can never be fully eradicated on earth. Those who say otherwise live in their own utopian fantasy, disconnected from reality. Nevertheless, peace should adamantly be the goal of any virtuous person. It is not pleasant to have a strongly held opinion invalidated. Like a Band-Aid, ripped off, it…
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