Science & Tech Postmodernism’s Troubled Relationship with Science Posted on November 30, 2016September 23, 2017One commentbyLucas Bergkamp It might be a bit of an understatement to say that the election of Donald J. Trump has caused a lot of anxiety in the US science community. There is concern… View Post
View Post 5 min Politics The SPLC and the Silencing of Moderate Islam Posted on November 28, 2016September 11, 20172 commentsbyAhnaf Kalam Last month the Southern Poverty Law Center released its “Field Guide to Anti-Muslim Extremists” with the aim of creating a comprehensive guide for journalists to ensure their sources on Islam… View Post
View Post 3 min Culture & Media How a Liberal Professor Watchlist May Come Back to Haunt Conservatives Posted on November 28, 2016August 25, 2017No commentsbyToni Airaksinen | by Toni Airaksinen | Just in time for Christmas, the conservative nonprofit Turning Point USA has created a Naughty List  to âexpose professors who have demonstrated liberal bias in… View Post
View Post 8 min Politics Saudi Arabian Women: Living on a Chain Posted on November 22, 2016September 11, 20173 commentsbyMalhar Mali The New York Times recently published a small piece highlighting the stories of Saudi women dealing with the country’s archaic male guardianship laws — custody laws which dictate that nearly… View Post
View Post 6 min Science & Tech The Age of Automation Posted on November 21, 2016August 25, 2017No commentsbyCian O'Connor For most of mankindâs time on Earth we have lived a simple life. There were only 2 jobs: hunter or farmer. Over the course of many thousands of years tribes… View Post
View Post 4 min Politics Feeding the Two Far Rights: How Western Leaders Betray Liberal Values Posted on November 21, 2016August 25, 2017No commentsbyAR Devine The President of the United States and leader of the free world, Barack Obama, won’t even use the words ‘Islamic terrorism’ to talk about terrorism that is inspired by a… View Post
View Post 7 min Culture & Media MLK Would Gladly Violate Your Safe Space Posted on November 21, 2016October 2, 2017No commentsbyLucas Lynch Martin Luther Kingâs legacy is all-encompassing and — like all great works of art — speaks to us personally and to the things that we care about. Today is a day… View Post
View Post 5 min Culture & Media Politics Louis Smith and the Media Enforcement of Blasphemy Laws Posted on November 21, 2016August 25, 20172 commentsbyAR Devine Did you hear there’s a film called ‘Life of Omar’ in production? It’s the Islamic equivalent of the Monty Python classic ‘Life of Brian’ in which a young Arab man… View Post
View Post 7 min Politics Science & Tech In Defense of the Devilâs Advocate Posted on November 21, 2016September 9, 2017No commentsbyCian O'Connor Peter Thiel has not done much for his public image over the past several months. Between orchestrating the destruction of a major media site and expressing vocal support for Donald… View Post
View Post 8 min Science & Tech How the World Will End; Nuclear Armageddon, A.I., Climate Change Posted on November 21, 2016August 26, 2017One commentbyMalhar Mali As a species we’ve had a strange obsession with the end of the world — from the hype around the Mayans speculating destruction to the Christians who currently live and… View Post
View Post 3 min Culture & Media The Woes of Academia Posted on November 21, 2016January 7, 20183 commentsbyMalhar Mali What do a gay man expressing his voyeuristic fantasies about intercourse with Dominican sex workers, Pumpkin Spiced LattĂ©s demonstrating inherent White Supremacy, a doctoral thesis on ethical implications of ghosts and scary stories… View Post
View Post 4 min Culture & Media Buzzfeed and Vice: The Figurative Hammers to Pulverize Your Brains Posted on November 21, 2016August 25, 2017One commentbyMalhar Mali Have you contemplated lately, “Why Not Just Pull Your Luggage With Your Butt?” Or, perhaps read a piece called, “These Boxer-Briefs Look Like A Wolf And It’s Making Me Feel… View Post
View Post 8 min Politics Who Do I Believe About Islam? Posted on November 21, 2016September 11, 20172 commentsbyMalhar Mali It seems every other day I wake up and read about an act of Islamic-inspired terrorism in the world — an explosion in Manhattan, two men storm into a church… View Post
View Post 4 min Politics Female Genital Mutilation — Is It an Islamic Problem? Posted on November 21, 2016August 25, 20177 commentsbyMalhar Mali I recently got into a discussion with a friend who commented on my piece about Islam and the discourse around it. He affirmed Reza Aslan’s statement of: “Female Genital Mutilation… View Post