I was reading some articles in The Nation, Jezebel, and The Huffington Post recently when something strange happened: I found myself agreeing with...
Susan J. Douglas is a professor at the University of Michigan. She’s also an author, and in a recent magazine column, Ms....
It’s been almost twenty years since O.J. Simpson was acquitted of murder. In what was called “the trial of the century,” a...
NARAL Pro-Choice America president Ilyse Hogue announced that they are unsure if they can stop a new effort to protect pre-born children. What has NARAL panicked...
Phi Kappa Psi has faced some serious accusations. In October, Rolling Stone magazine published a student’s account of being gang-raped on broken...
The United Nations Population Fund recently put out a report on children and adolescents. Part of it deals with abortion laws and...
For Dr. LeRoy Carhart, going to work reminds him of the kitchen. What type of work does Dr. Carhart do? He performs...
I’ve done some traveling, and it’s taught me to appreciate cultural variety. It’s also taught me something about airline seating arrangements: they’re...
For nearly five decades, John Wayne played western heroes on the silver screen. In reality, the Duke probably wouldn’t have lasted fifty...
As an online writer, I come across a fair number of memes. Some of them are cleverly arranged to convey a well...
Margaret Atwood is a prodigious storyteller. Since publishing The Edible Woman over four decades ago, the prize-winning Canadian author has received widespread...
Canadian talk radio star Jian Ghomeshi is known for his social activism. In college, Ghomeshi ran for student government on a feminist...
Earlier, I talked about having watched the 2008 blockbuster Tropic Thunder. Although I was unimpressed with the way it treated people with...
Are you grateful to Hollywood? It sounds like you should be. According to anthropologist Grant McCracken, Hollywood has blessed us with “an...