If you’ve ever openly admitted to not voting, one classic refrain you’ve no doubt heard is “If you don’t vote, you can’t complain,” or “If you don’t vote, you have no right to complain,” or some variation thereof. The implication, of course, is that by not expressing your opinion via voting, you are implicitly accepting [...]
I’m sure that, like me, most of you have seen some political buzz on the internet regarding Net Neutrality. For those that haven’t, Net Neutrality is essentially a form of state regulation that requires internet service providers provide equal access to all parts of the internet, disallowing them from restricting access or bandwidth to certain [...]
I’ve noticed that it’s become popular for people to say things like “I don’t support the war, but I do support our troops.” This always seemed strange to me; imagine if someone said “I don’t support murder, but I do support our murderers.” You’d think he’d gone crazy, and rightly so. After all, if you [...]
According to this article on CNN.com, in the United States more than 1 in every 100 adults (1 in every 99.1 adults to be specific) is in jail or prison. Per capita, this puts the United States ahead of every other nation on the planet.
This passage is particularly enlightening:
“We need to be smarter,” said David [...]
