Culture
What’s going on, who we are, and what the big deal is.
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I Just Broke 300!
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1 min read
Because this post is 301. Damn, missed another milestone. It seems as ifI did this before…
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Whites Need to Write About Trayvon Martin
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1 min read
Whites Need to Write About Trayvon MartinA solid article about the need for a “race case” to be handled by all people as a justice case, rather than delegated to the African American in the room. The killing of a young man and the lack of urgency in the police response is unconscionable and beyond the…
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Simple Things Are Bad For You
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5 min read
Simple foods really are bad for us. Nutritionally, they are too easily digested, which is actually a bad thing most of the time. Heavily processed and enriched grains and sugar go through our systems inefficiently and cause us to consume even more of them. Complex foods like raw broccoli, whole grains, and proteins, are healthier.…
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Throw Your Process Off a Bridge
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2 min read
It has become clear that we are in an age in which process and system are colliding. Our institutions aren’t failing because they are institutions (and our government isn’t failing simply because it is government). They fail because the process is obstructing the system. What I mean by process and system are simply the difference…
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Roman Catholic Bishops Out of Control
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3 min read
And especially not on contraception. Ever since Pope Paul VI reaffirmed the Church’s senseless ban on birth control in 1968, few doctrines have been as vilified, ridiculed and outright ignored by Catholics – evidenced by a recent study showing that 98% of American Catholic women have used some form of contraception. It’s hard to believe,…
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For Stonum, Steep Learning Curve for Blown Chances
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5 min read
Maybe when you are a sports fan, hearing that an athlete got drunk doesn’t register as the worst offense ever. That he got behind the wheel of a car should be shocking, but it isn’t even surprising. So when an extremely talented football player was arrested in 2008 for drunk driving, it really didn’t register.…