In a country such as ours it is tragic that there have been over a thousand police killings of unarmed Americans since the death of Michael Brown and Ferguson. 1,083 people of every race, gender, […]

In a country such as ours it is tragic that there have been over a thousand police killings of unarmed Americans since the death of Michael Brown and Ferguson. 1,083 people of every race, gender, […]
I am not a fan of Obamacare. It’s not its much-vaunted permanency problems, nor the hesitant start-up the initiative has been going through. It’s something else. Jesus, it’s like every week since they passed the […]
For the past two weeks I have been living an interesting life studying at Cambridge University in England, This will one of a few of my series of cultural observations as I continue my time […]
I’ve been accused of being slow on the uptake of the “new” and “fashionable”. To be honest, most of the time, it’s true. I avoid popular culture like the plague, sometimes to my detriment. Sometimes […]
Last Friday former President of the United States George W. Bush wrote about the passing of his Scottish Terrier, Barney. In the following statement by the former president, he wrote: “Laura and I are sad […]
Nationsmith Writer K. David Du writes an article about his travel to a Buddhist Temple and reflects on a little known subject: buddhism and the military. Philosophically, many would concur that Buddhism is a […]
By Michael Baker It’s now been confirmed that Lance Armstrong has admitted to doping. In an interview with Oprah (who else?) that will air on Thursday, Armstrong comes clean once and for all, thus cementing […]
By Michael Baker For the first time in nearly twenty years, voters for Major League Baseball’s Hall of Fame have failed to elect a single candidate. The dearth of votes for muscle-bound superstars Barry Bonds […]
By Peter Hartwich, M.A. It was extremely difficult for anyone beyond a handful of government regulators and economic gurus to believe that 2008 would usher in the collapse of financial giants like Lehman Brothers and […]
By Michael Baker What constitutes “consent”? That seems like such a simple question, and that’s because it is. But leave it to a bunch of judges to turn the concept of consent upside down. A […]