50 Shades of Caution: A Husband’s Perspective
With this week’s upcoming release of the on screen adaptation of E.L. James, New York Times bestselling book Fifty Shades of Grey, there has been no shortage of articles and blogpost’s on this...
View ArticleThe Butchering of the American Diet
The consumption of meat in this country is unlike any other country in the world. In addition to our large consumption of meat, we are consuming enormous amounts of over processed food (meat, starch,...
View ArticlePrison Reform – The Release of the Elderly
When considering social stigmas, Malcolm X says “if you’re not careful, the newspaper will have you hating the people who are being oppressed, and loving the people who are doing the oppressing.”...
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Why I Don’t Wear a Purity Ring
I remember the silver bands that my friends in middle school wore when we were in our tween/teen years. I remember when they first appeared on their left ring finger, many of them etched with the...
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The New Hollywood Gray – Interracial Power Coupling
Who knew the colors for the red carpet this past award season would be ebony and ivory? I am not referring to the fashion, but the new phenomenon of the interracial power couple. Despite the award...
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Only the puck was black: a story of race and the NHL
Last week’s release of Black Ice: The Val James Story– the memoir of Val James, the first African American to play in the NHL – brought me back to when I was a teenager living in Boston. It was the...
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Girls on fire: Political empowerment in young adult dystopia
Young adult dystopian characters like Insurgent’s Tris are inspiring their female fans to shatter the glass ceiling. Lionsgate Films Young Adult (YA) dystopia stories have never been more popular, and...
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Facebook: The Anti-Social Network?
My sister is in a relationship. And it’s complicated. How do I know this? How else would I know? I saw it on Facebook. We have this kind of unspoken agreement. If I change my relationship status on...
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Baseball – Life’s Metaphor
It’s the bottom of the ninth and I’m playing first base. It’s a tie score, there’s two outs, and all we need to do is get this last out to stay in the game. The batter walks up to the plate. Oh great,...
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Whole Paycheck: A Case in Favor of Whole Foods
Recently, “America’s Healthiest Supermarket” Whole Foods, has come under fire after an investigation revealed that the grocer overcharges their customers. The social-verse erupted when the news broke....
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