Compassion is the basis of morality. — Arthur Schopenhauer The question I’m going to ask may possibly offend and likely disturb you. But it’s a serious one. So serious in fact, that a psychologist spent months going back and forth with his ethics review board before being allowed to ask this question to participants. Eventually,…
Better to be known as a sinner than a hypocrite. — Proverb One of the greatest moral transgressions someone can commit is failing to dispose of their dog’s excrement after it’s been excreted. This comes after my freshman year in high school when I unwittingly made a trail of dog poop footprints straight to my…
It is not wisdom but authority that makes a law. — Thomas Hobbes On Tuesday, I had to go to court. Not the courts, where I play basketball, have fun, and get some exercise. But the court where I sit and wait, hear Latin words I don’t know, and pay money for driving faster than…
People talk about sexual assault like it’s a bad habit that men have. — Jon Stewart Hollywood has many problems, but the one headlining newspapers these days regards sexual harassment and sexual assault. From Harvey Weinstein to Kevin Spacey to even Louis CK, Hollywood is replete with these disgusting individuals. Heck, I could write my longest post…
There’s nothing more dangerous in this world than a humiliated man. — Kai Anderson, American Horror Story: Cult It’s hard to turn on the news these days with humans committing more and more extreme acts against one another. Whether that is explicit terrorism or a horrific mass shooting, in response to these events, we often (rightfully)…
However we might oppose it, abortion is a sad feature of modern life. — Robert Casey Think back to this last election: if you were a Clinton supporter, did you see your vote as one for Clinton or one against Trump? Or if you voted for Trump, was it a vote for him and his…