Tom Brady and the Immorality of Apoliticism
Tom Brady is not a gladiator. He undeniably shares many of their defining traits; Brady is a fierce competitor, a ...
Opinion
Trump and the Need to Follow Norms
Not long after his electoral victory, then President-elect Trump made the crucial mistake of accepting a phone call from the ...
Why the Continued Debate on Obamacare Could Come Back to Hurt Republicans
Since Barack Obama signed his signature legislation, the Affordable Care Act (ACA), into law on March 23, 2010, Republicans have ...
SNL’s War on Trump Raises Interesting Questions About Activism in Comedy
Donald Trump is our nation’s first president to be featured in a Comedy Central Roast. In 2011, six whole years ...
I Don’t Care That You Don’t Care About Beyoncé
Trigger Warning for Extended Discussion of Racism and Sexual Violence There is a particularly ugly trend—a culturally delusional, woefully self-involved ...
ABBA and the Importance of Self-Care in a World Gone Crazy
I’ve written a lot of pieces as editor of this section about fears and trauma in this new political climate. ...
Payoff Syndrome: How Admission to Wesleyan Can Reward Unethical Habits
We can never be told enough how much of a privilege it is to attend a school like Wesleyan because ...
The Cowardly Allyship of Lady Gaga
Did you know Lady Gaga wrote a song about the murder of Trayvon Martin? You wouldn’t if you heard it ...
The Irrational-Rationale: How Reasoning With Hatred Legitimizes Bigotry
I wake up every day, check Twitter, and panic. This is my morning routine, and has been for the last ...
Stop Trying to Figure Out if Trump is Mentally Ill
In psychiatry there’s a little something known as “the Goldwater Rule.” The Goldwater Rule is an informal title for the ...