Let’s Get Spiritual: On Feeling Connected
A few weeks ago, I was asked to think about a moment in which I felt connected to the infinite. ...
Opinion
Love the Way You Lie
I’m such a liar. Seriously, I am. That’s the truth. But don’t worry. I lie only when necessary, and almost ...
The Improper Response to Dissent: On The Argus Op-Ed and Subsequent Reactions
It seems necessary that I preface this editorial by stating that these opinions are my own, and not the opinions ...
Amy Schumer and Why Real is the New Sexy
Watching Amy Schumer is a little like watching President Roth on the StairMaster. There is nothing superficially funny about it: ...
Sound and Fury: The Dangerous Cul-de-sac of How We Discuss Mental Illness
On the morning of Oct. 1, Christopher Harper-Mercer shot his writing professor at Umpqua Community College in Roseburg, Ore. before ...
America’s Mental Block with Mental Health Reform
We have a mental health problem in the United States, and no small part of which is the fact that ...
Gun Control and Mass Shootings: How We Are Missing the Target
In the wake of the Oregon shootings, I already had a sense of what was going to happen. President Obama ...
On Hookup Culture
From a young age we are socialized to believe that pair bonding is innate to our species. That is, you ...
Let’s Talk About Listening: Transforming Our Conversations
At Daniel Beaty’s one-man performance of “Mr. Joy” last weekend, I watched as he brilliantly navigated portrayals of various characters ...
Net Worth: What the Internet Means for a Changing Electorate
Around any given election time, deciphering biased and partisan information sources in order to derive how candidates could be expected ...