8 Rules For How To Be A Man
It’s a confusing time to be a man in the world. So many people have so many opinions on the right and wrong ways to be a man. Fortunately, you’ve…
The Problematic Heterodoxy of Cisnormativity
I have a lot of very left-leaning and a lot of very right-leaning people among my friends and family. And last night, I had a dream that I had an…
The Earth Is Flat!
There are many perverse, backward, and just plain stupid beliefs floating around in the world. There are people who believe that women are property, that the pyramids were built by…
The Rise of Naziism
I was listening to a podcast discussing the collapse of democracy in the Weimar Republic and the analogy was extremely apt. As the people got more and more unsatisfied on…
All Politicians Are The Same
I was chatting with my cousin recently and he has lived his entire life in a liberal cocoon. Dad's a liberal. Mom and sister have both worked for the Democratic…
A Ming Vase
Imagine a Ming vase, a priceless historical artifact that you, so fortunately, have come to possess. But it is in China. If you want to get it back home safely,…
Who Watches The Watchers?
I have a deeply embarrassing secret to reveal today, a pleasure so guilty I have thought long and hard about whether to release this essay at all. I have recently…
Ireland’s National Treasure
The Fleadh, another unpronounceable Irish word like foilte and slainte, is one of Ireland’s most popular music festivals. In a different city each year, young musicians and dancers line the…
#freethenipple: Sex, Nudity, and Semantics
This is Bradley Cooper. If you ask me, he is the most attractive man in the world. Those eyes, that smile… Seriously, there are a lot of attractive men out…
Evolutionary Semantics
Homo Erectus evolved from Australopithicus. Homo sapiens evolved from Homo Erectus. If you just take these boxes as given, black and white, finite definitions then you would have to conclude…