Putting “I” Back Into Your Vocabulary
Considering the amount of people who seem to do nothing but talk about themselves on their blog, Facebook or Twitter accounts, you may think I’m crazy for suggesting that we don’t have enough “I” in...
View ArticleIntellect as Evasion
Normally, I like Jay Smooth. But this video really irritated me. I understand why people are critical of the anti-intellectualism displayed by right wing populists who seem so disdainful of reading...
View ArticleOn Snow and Relationships
We have had a couple good snows this winter. That means that I’ve had to navigate snow and ice covered sidewalks without breaking my neck. Bad enough for me, who is generally steady on her feet when...
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What Choices?
A couple months ago, the Positive Force book club read Michelle Alexander’s The New Jim Crow. One of the book club members thought that Alexander had gone too far in comparing the drug war to Jim Crow....
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Who is Responsible?
If somebody stabs another person to death, are they responsible? Are they the only ones responsible? What if another person asked them to do it or paid them to do it? Then is the stabber the only one...
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Anti-Authoritarianism, Anti-Racism, and Avoiding the Subject
In response to my Trayvon post, one of the commenters denied that police and prison guards killed black kids and brought up how many black people were killed by other black people. I responded to the...
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Shut Up, Be Perfect
This weekend I got into an argument about music. The person I was arguing with was blasting gangsta rap for glorifying behavior that was ruining their own communities. He even went so far as to say...
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