Wednesday, February 06, 2008

See You in Hell

By Lucy Stonehill, Contributing Columnist

It has been a few months at least since I’ve been driven to the point of passion about a religious topic or incident. But recently, during my English class, I felt that familiar sense of indignation. As the tips of my ears turned a dark shade of pink and my restless right foot tapped the floor incessantly, I marveled at the troubling degree to which religiosity expressed in an academic setting obstructs the learning process. More »

Death to the Penalty

By Sam Buntz, Contributing Columnist

American machismo, in all of its zeal, has had quite a few shining moments. An example would be, say, dumping all that tea into Boston Harbor, or winning those two World Wars. The most troubling manifestation of American macho stupidity in the world today, however, is capital punishment. More »