Culture
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Bullying Isn’t Free Speech–Even in Michigan
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3 min read
Matt’s Safe School Law, otherwise known as Michigan’s “anti-anti-bullying law” is an embarrassment and juvenile. It is the pre-emptive self-defense of bigotry, and just like the nation’s first foray with the Bush Doctrine, this has a profound effect on people’s real lives. It hurts people. Real people. Not mythical, hypothetical, potential people. Real, living people…
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Happy Birthday, Loveless!
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1 min read
Twenty years ago today, my all-time favorite album was released to the world, obliterating the sonic mold that gave birth to it. It spawned hundreds of copycats, but none that could handle the sonic onslaught, the shimmering vocals, and epic scale. “Only Shallow” by My Bloody Valentine Personally, I love that it feels otherworldly and…
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Hypocrites
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1 min read
My reflection on today’s gospel: Matthew 23:1-12.
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Fixing the problem of college costs
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4 min read
Student loan debt recently broke $100 billion for the first time in history. It isn’t like we couldn’t see this coming. Virtually no wage increase for the bottom 95% over the last thirty years. Annual tuition increases above inflation rate. State payment cuts to universities. Decreased scholarship opportunities. The end result is college costs have…
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In the week between when the world discovered Sgt. Shamar Thomas, some dudes went crazy. The viral video of an Iraqi veteran chastising the New York police department for arming up against their own civilians as if it were a war zone was a wake-up call to the sleeping public. These public protesters aren’t impudent…
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Mixtape Monday: the slow build
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1 min read
One of my favorite parts about music is the slow build. What I mean by this is the song that starts simple, soft, and slow. And it gets you listening to it’s quiet and before you know it you are raptly focused on the words, listening for something. You don’t know what. And then it…