Fresh off of Homecoming, the Del Norte boys have had their fair share of things to complain about: buying dance tickets, making dinner reservations, finding ties to match with impossible dress colors, and of course, devising the most extravagant, original, heart-warming scheme...
Nobody’s arguing that it’s easy to be a teenage girl. That’s a stance that’s doomed to fail—there are enormous double standards in society that haunt girls every day, and they can’t be ignored. But to unequivocally claim that “girls have it harder in high...
Full disclosure: I love politics. I’ve loved it ever since I was a child watching The Daily Show and I don’t anticipate stopping anytime soon. Everything that should make me hate it just makes me love it even more. I love the political ads where they slow down tape of some...
We the People… It’s a blunt statement that encapsulates the extraordinary liberty and freedom of our great nation. It empowers our people with certain unalienable rights to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. We the people—it’s such a simple declaration, yet...
Alright, I’m a Democrat. And I’m damn pleased Barack Obama was reelected President for a second term—but that’s aside from the point. While November 6th was a triumph for the Democratic Party, it’s very well possible that the next four years can be a triumph for...
I came across a nugget of wisdom on my Twitter stream the other day: “Twitter is not the place for one to file his inane complaints about life.” In 72 characters, a friend of mine had completely undermined a ritual practiced by 500 million people 200 million times a...
The Internet’s a powerful and scary place, no doubt about it – that’s why we lock down our social networking accounts like they’re Area 51 in anticipation of what anyone who stumbles across our online identities might think of who we appear to be. The necessity for...
It seems that it takes an iron will not to cringe at the thought of college tuition, especially in recent years when private school costs – namely those of the coveted Ivy League schools – have skyrocketed to prices approaching $60,000 per year. Four years of that could...
It’s a simple fact of modern government that political campaigns, especially those viewed on the national stage, are often characterized by half-truths and mudslinging from both sides. The 2012 presidential race is no exception. One thing that does make this campaign...