I won’t lie, I’m not normally one for political correctness. People want to change the Redskins team name because it’s racist? The country was founded in part by murdering Native Americans, just let it go. LEGO is discontinuing their “Jabba’s Palace” set because apparently it resembles a mosque? It’s like they don’t even have Star … Continue reading »
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Maximus Never Sued The Roman Consul Over Player Safety
You don’t really need to be a huge football fan to have heard about the latest drama to rock the NFL. I’m talking of course about the controversy over the long-term health of professional football players and whether or not anything can realistically be done to make the game safer. Some people want to remove … Continue reading »
Why You Should Probably Start Learning Korean
As ignorant as this sounds, I used to be completely naive to the grave threat posed to this country by North Korea. What could a silly little country that shows up dark on a satellite image possibly do to the United States? Then over Thanksgiving break I saw the Red Dawn remake, a gripping narrative about how a bunch … Continue reading »
Grand Theft Auto is the Perfect Blame Game
Unlike most parents, my Mom strictly enforced the ESRB rating system for video games back when I was growing up, much to my very vocal displeasure. No matter how many times I bitched and moaned about how stupid her rules were and how all my friends were allowed to play Grand Theft Auto and Halo and any other game … Continue reading »
Legitimate Rape: It’s Okay When the Baseball Team Does It
For most of us, rape is a crime so vile and disgusting as to be unimaginable. But I want to challenge you reader, male or female. Imagine you are in a position of physical dominance, yet you feel weak and ineffectual in your life. Maybe girls sleep with you often, sometimes, or hardly ever. Regardless, … Continue reading »
On the Necessity of Hate
There’s a skill that lately, many of us have forgotten to practice. A virtue, in it’s own way, that society at large has quashed, beaten, and pipette-ed out of us to the last drop. Like many of the old virtues, it has taken on a new meaning, twisted from it’s pure form to mean something sick and … Continue reading »
Growing Flowers and Winning A Nobel Prize: The Argument for José Mujica
When the European Union was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in October, many analysts rolled their eyes. The award was handed to an organization that is currently (poorly) managing a sovereign debt crisis, and has struggled to keep the continental unemployment rate below 15%. The official reason for the award was “for [having] over six … Continue reading »
