This is in response to Sami Main's editorial "Vegetarian Options Should Not Be Feared." While applauding Sami's address to an often overlooked issue, I'd like to take it a step further and say that vegetarian options should be revered.
Republicans: Your prayers for victory in 2012 just might have been answered.
Why are people scared by vegetarian food choices?
Trick or Treat?
A few weeks ago, presidential candidate and Texas Gov. Rick Perry called Social Security a Ponzi scheme and was labeled as a far-right extremist. While his choice of words was indelicate, Social Security is a deeply flawed system that will not exist in its current form for anyone in college right now.
The term "big government" has been loosely bandied about for several decades. Certainly it has been used to point out the over-spending by elected officials and their entities, something that now not only disturbs many of those in the higher tax bracket but also many people hurting in today's staggering economy.
Since the ‘90s, it's been a common right-wing practice to have a bake sale intended to demonstrate the inherent unfairness of using race as a factor in college admissions. White men get charged $2 for the brownies or muffins the Republicans baked to prove their point, while other races get charged a sliding scale based on the Republican protesters' perception of the severity of racial bias against different groups.
It has been nearly a year since Tyler Clementi, former Rutgers student, committed suicide after his roommate streamed an intimate video of Clementi and another man. I remember when I first read about the tragedy in the news. I didn't understand - how did this happen? What caused Clementi so much pain that he had to end his life?
A recent phenomenon in the marketplace has become a big deal in the past couple of years. The trend I am referring to is the flood of "green" products on store shelves.
She's radical. She's outspoken. She's amusing. She's insane. She's even moderately attractive. She is, quite simply, absolutely entertaining.
Ever since I was a little kid, I have been told that plants needed Miracle-Gro to grow big and strong.
I have a humble rebuttal to last Tuesday's column "Politics Needs Better Female Role Models" by Sami Main. I reject the premise that today's young women do not have anyone to look up to.
A couple of days ago my friend and I found a humorous screen shot of a conversation between two friends. The first friend exclaimed, "Osama is dead!" and the second friend mistakenly took "Osama" for "Obama" and replied that she could not believe that the president was dead.
The state of Georgia killed Troy Davis Wednesday at 11:08 pm.
On Monday morning, I received an email from Netflix.
Fender-benders eventually happen to all of us. One of my closest friends just had her first car accident.
I'd like to issue an apology on behalf of all women. Sorry, ladies, but I think a good percentage of you will agree with me anyway.
In an era where real wages aren't really increasing much and the rich are getting richer, it seems economically just for unions to protect workers from laws that would open jobs to labor force competition and market wages.
Do you let your cat roam free outside?
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