I’ve been acquainted with Future Islands for a little while now; we met through a mutual friend a little over a year ago and have spoke with each other on various occasions in passing.
Category: Columns
Holocaust Remembrance day offers opportunity for reflection
Between 1939 and 1945, six million Jews were brutally murdered in Europe. Their crime? Being Jewish.
Financial reform bill will end bank bailouts
Sarah Palin and I began our public political journeys at the same time. I began my journey writing columns for the Mustang Daily the same week that she made her debut debating Joe Biden.
Novel loses appeal once shock value wears out
Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov was first published in 1955. Immediately it became infamous for its highly controversial content: a middle-aged man’s sexual infatuation with a twelve year old girl.
The Wrong Time for Playing Ghandi
Recently, White House representatives have compared President Obama’s nuclear posture to that of the Reagan Administration; President Reagan must be rolling in his grave.
What rectal exams and sex should have in common
When making a decision, we weigh the benefits versus the hardship they would cause others.
WikiLeaks Leaks Classified War Video
An organization called WikiLeaks recently posted a classified video to YouTube showing a U.S. Apache Helicopter opening fire on people in Iraq in 2007.
Obama’s distorted priorities are bringing the U.S. closer to socialism
We are a society based on individual rights and the ability to run our own lives. These principles have gradually been washed away by the growth of the welfare state.
How a prize can ruin the game
I am not for a minute saying that an orgasm is a bad thing. I DO think that it is definitely not the ONLY thing to worry about.
White Hinterland adds sex appeal to newest release
White Hinterland’s Kairos undermines the shallowness of the one night stand and has the power to arouse a deeper connection.
Opening Our Minds Beyond A Linear World
Who would you vote for: Stalin or Hitler? Hopefully you’re thinking neither, despite the fact that you were presented with what appears to be a choice between the two.
