This year, I boycotted Black Friday, and I implore you next year to follow suit. Lady Mary Wortley Montagu once said, “civility costs nothing, and buys everything.” Challenging this maxim, however,...

The end of the semester is here, which means it is crunch time for many of us. That means writing essays a day or two before they are due. If you want to make your final papers better, then you can’t...

Following the government shutdown over the budget and funding of the Affordable Care Act, more commonly known as Obamacare, our Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) has taken what seems to be a big hit in his standing,...

Between World War I and II, hundreds of thousands of middle and lower class German civilians died of starvation. Adolf Hitler was rabidly seeking world power by dispatching military invasions and occupations...

What’s an unexpectedly controversial word? “Nerd.” Once upon a time, it was a clear-cut insult. Yet in recent years, it has become an endearing and complimentary term. It’s a desirable label —...

I want to start by offering a disclaimer: I think Paul Walker’s death was a tragedy. OK, now I hopefully won’t have fans of “The Fast and the Furious” knocking down my door. With that being said,...

This year, Christmas came early for me in the form of a brilliant idea that will have people either cursing my name or singing my praises. No longer will I spend the month of December racing like a rat...

In the summer of 1985, I had the pleasure of befriending a Persian family from Iran who had fled to the United States in 1982, during the Iraqi invasion of Iran. They told me then as they tell me now that...

There is a debate raging across the country surrounding cannabis. While there are many facets to this debate, one area seems to dominate the discussion. You can smoke this plant, which has mild hallucinogenic...

We have all seen the video and chuckled at the memes, but quite frankly, I’m sick of hearing about Miley Cyrus’ VMA performance, especially with real issues going on in the world. However, valuable...