People keep saying, ‘It’s horrible that an innocent black man was killed, but destroying property has to stop.’ Instead try saying ‘It’s horrible that property is being destroyed but killing innocent black men has to stop.’ – Randall Telfer In 1966, a Gallup Poll revealed that almost two-thirds of Americans had a negative opinion of…
Morality, like art, means drawing a line someplace. — Oscar Wilde Are you a moral person? If you’re like most people (which most people are), you tend to overestimate how ethical you are compared to others. Maybe you’re moral in one situation, but a little immoral in another. Maybe you act ethically around one set…
The Internet is becoming the town square for the global village of tomorrow. — Bill Gates By the end of 1969, four computers worldwide made up the Internet. By the mid-1980s, this “networking system” had expanded to dozens of universities as it let scholars easily search and collaborate on research all across the country. In…
In America, the poor see themselves not as an exploited proletariat, but as temporarily embarrassed millionaires. — Ronald Wright Let’s begin today with a little game: First, I want you to click on this link and read the instructions/description on that page. Once you’ve done that, I’d like you to actually ask yourself: How do you believe…
Courage is an inner resolution to go forward despite obstacles; cowardice is submissive surrender to circumstances. — Martin Luther King Jr. Ah, the timeless and heavily influential question: Which picture should you select for your facebook profile? I mean, this is the photo with the best chance at garnering your greatest number of “likes” so…
Prejudice is a great time saver. You can form opinions without having to get the facts. — E.B. White Last week, we described the introduction of recreationally using marijuana in the United States, through the surge in Mexican immigration in 1910. Already, these immigrants were an outside group (an “outgroup”) to the U.S., and so…