Essays Archive

  • Fear Wins

    Fear Wins

    Next, someone will suggest that it's acceptable to search people in the airport parking lot. After that, why not the Airport Marriott?

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  • The Perils of Early Adoption: Nook color

    The Perils of Early Adoption: Nook color

    My Nook is an avocado colored refrigerator.

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  • Lower the Drinking Age; An Argument

    Lower the Drinking Age; An Argument

    Responsible alcohol consumption is a part of everyone’s social education. Why then have we taken the power to educate children about alcohol away from parents?

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  • Immigration; Fantasy and Reality

    Immigration; Fantasy and Reality

    Real Americans cherish freedom above all else, right? Well cowboy, freedom means competition. Man up, Real Americans. Earn your jobs.

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  • A Few Thoughts on Gay Rights

    A Few Thoughts on Gay Rights

    Which part of gay marriage violates the sanctity of straight marriage? It’s like saying my blue car undermines the innate, God sanctioned redness of your car.

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  • Old Money vs New Money

    Old Money vs New Money

    Washington is there where he belongs, grimacing up at you. It feels right. That’s a dollar. Stop fighting it U.S. Treasury.

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  • Irony Constitution Day

    Irony Constitution Day

    Laugh if you’re a liberal or rant if you’re a conservative; all Americans should be concerned about a government so flawed that a 59 vote majority in the Senate isn’t enough to stave off obstructionism and gridlock.

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  • The Hottest Sports Reporter in Mexico

    The Hottest Sports Reporter in Mexico

    We must not diminish the importance of these issues by canonizing Ines Sainz, her vanity, or the zealots who would use them both for their own benefit.

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  • An Easy Outrage

    An Easy Outrage

    We need to gain perspective. Just because the 24-hour news engine needs fuel doesn’t mean we have to inhale the exhaust.

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  • Netflix Streams to iPhone

    Netflix Streams to iPhone

    Twenty minutes later I'm home, sitting in front of my TV, watching Chief Brody turn oxygen into fruit punch as Jaws streams through my Xbox... in HD.

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