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Culture War Correspondence: Superman and Superheroes
GORDON: Up there! In the sky! It’s a bird! It’s a plane! It’s…! It’s…! It’s a cheesy rehash of the same joke we closed out on last time! EVAN: How dare you, sir. GORDON: Citizens, today our topic of...
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Killing the Death Penalty
In the final hours of September 21, 2011, the State of Georgia executed an innocent man. Troy Davis, born 1968, had been wrongfully convicted and subsequently murdered after spending nearly two decades...
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Stripping Jennifer Lawrence: Not What She Did, But Why
Okay, so Jennifer Lawrence. Kat and I actually discussed her in one of our first Culture War Correspondences ever, back when the actress [or actor, I haven't decided how I feel about the term being...
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The Trial of Michael Brown
These are the facts: Michael Brown is dead and Darren Wilson, the man who shot him, has been acquitted by a jury. The public seems to have latched onto this, interpreting the court’s decision as being...
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Can You Do Halloween Without Buying Into Excessive Consumerism?
We love Halloween. We love getting dressed up. We love carving pumpkins. We love candy. There is just so much to love, and this year we jumped right into the fray. We even went on John’s first ever...
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The One with Ghomeshi, Trauma, and the Truth
As of this morning, Jian Ghomeshi has been acquitted of all charges. The judge (Horkins) in this ruling told the witnesses that navigating this proceeding is “really quite simple”. All he asks is that...
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Opportunity or Catastrophe? Weighing in on the Upcoming Legalization of Pot...
Legalizing recreational marijuana was part of Justin Trudeau’s election campaign platform, but it wasn’t something many people took seriously. What with the common mistrust of politicians and the...
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If We Whined About Other Groups The Same Way We Whine About Black Lives Matter
Since the movement’s inception in the wake of the murder of Trayvon Martin, the Black Lives Matter campaign has taken its share of criticism. As the number of unarmed black men killed by the police has...
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Re: “Black Lives Matter and White Privilege”
I need to state upfront that this post is not an all-encompassing response to the Black Lives Matter movement [which I will be shortening to “BLM”] and the concept of White privilege. The title instead...
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Polygraphs and Monotheism: More Complex Than Expected
I am a Christian. That’s more or less exactly how I began a blog post way back in 2013, when I attempted to combat a very prevalent and largely Christian argument against gay marriage. While it’s...
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