Zen and the Art of Ice Hockey Shenanigans My family is hardly what you would call a bunch of highly-skilled athletes. In fact, we may be to sports what the Kardashians are to academic debate. My father, despite having lived on a golf course for nearly two decades now and taking lessons for most of […]
Pulling the Ladder Up Behind You I am old enough to remember what it was like to go to college with black people. Unfortunately, my own children will know no such thing. In two cases brought by conservative students applying to Harvard and the University of North Carolina, the Supreme Court last Thursday struck down […]
Why You’ll Be Paying for OceanGate You know, I’ve heard a lot recently from Republicans suggesting that there is a two-tiered system of justice in this country. Oh, if they only knew the laughable irony their barely coherent ramblings represent given that they are referencing a man who should have already spent decades behind bars […]
A Boycott Based in Hate Politics After a recent volleyball game, my son asked me for some cash so he could grab some overly-processed crap food with his friends. They were all heading out to Chick-Fil-A, the LGBTQ-hating chicken place that’s closed on Sundays for what one can only assume is the sole reason of […]
America’s Great Divide A good friend of mine and I recently got together for beers. We’re both ex-pat New Englanders living in Colorado for the past two decades, so you know what that means: lots of tawkin’ ‘bout the Sox and debating whether LeBron is better than Larry Legend. He reads this column on the […]
The Symbolic Ramifications of Graduations If you haven’t heard from your teacher friends in awhile, don’t worry, they’ll be coming up for air soon. Spring is a hectic time in the world of education, made even more taxing by the irrepressible raging of hormones and the pent-up hyperactivity of youth after months of teenage inertia. […]
Living in the Present…Even in the Past I know this is a fairly common refrain amongst many in my generation, but man, am I ever glad I came of age in an era that preceded the obscene proliferation of social media. I have, after all, done some seriously stupid shit over the years. But fortunately […]
Tipping the Scales in the Wrong Direction I am about to save you a whole bunch of money. If you just stick with me here and follow me along for the next thousand words or so, I will put genuine, hard-earned cash back in your pocket, prudently reducing your expenditures by as much as 20-25% […]
Dance Like No One is Watching, Or You Just Don’t Give a F!$# Is it just me, or does Facebook sending you memory suggestions creep you out a bit? I always appreciate the opportunity for some wistful nostalgia, but the fact that Facebook uses an algorithm to monitor my life and create some sort of […]
Democrats Have a Biden Problem Is it just me or does Joe Biden seem really old these days? Oh yeah, that’s right- it’s definitely not just me. Almost every single poll out there shows that most Americans are thinking pretty much the same thing: that it’s time for ol’ Joe to hang up the boxing […]
