It’s amazing that in a world where Israel and Palestine’s fragile truce could erupt into another major conflict the U.S. faces a fiscal cliff. Elections have only been over for a few weeks and we’re already having slow news days. We must be, because it’s unimaginable that we’re seeing news stories popping up about states’ petitions to secede from the union.
Some of the most celebrated holidays in our culture come from bizarre and forgotten origins. This is the second installment of a three-part series that sheds light on some of the expectations created around our mainstream holidays.
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I am writing to express my disappointment in the publication of a recent column authored by Alyck Horton. In the October 23 opinion piece titled “Monitor vs. Whiteboard,” Mr. Horton couches the issue of online coursework in sexist, judgmental, and offensive language. I believe there are more respectful—and accurate—ways to engage in this discussion that centralize the merits of online learning, not online learners themselves. While I agree with some of Mr. Horton’s assertions about the unsuitability of online environments for coursework that is dynamic and discussion-based, I find his sexist caricature of female online students particularly disgusting, and I disagree strongly with the characterization of students enrolled in online coursework as lazy and unprincipled. This portrait is both offensive and inaccurate.
This is the first of a three-part series about some of our most celebrated holidays and traditions—those that are so ingrained in society that we often don’t know (or don’t remember) where and how they started. We’ve come to expect certain things from these peculiar holidays, but it’s time to look back at their origins.
One of the biggest questions on the national scale is: How are we going to reconcile the federal budget and reduce the deficit? There’s a lot of talk about what we can do and the kinds of solutions available, but will they work? And why?
Back in the 1940s and ’50s, while we were at war and dealing with its repercussions, Americans were doing their civic duty to reproduce as much as they could, to ensure that the U.S. had a higher population of able-bodied citizens than any other country. The population of the U.S. grew exponentially, but in addition the economy, jobs and education were forever changed.
If you haven’t already noticed, Mellow Mood, a “pipe and tobacco” store (aka head shop), is opening its second Portland location, on Southwest Broadway and Clay Street. For those not hip to the lingo, head shops sell glass pipes, bongs and other smoking supplies and accessories.
I have a confession to make. I was a huge Star Wars nerd for most of my childhood and adolescence. I didn’t just obsess over the movies; I read the books and played the video games, and the best Christmas present I ever received was the Millennium Falcon Lego set.
One of the big questions of President Obama’s second term is how his foreign policy will change, especially with regard to Iran. Obama indicated during the presidential debates that he thought sanctions imposed on Iran were successful, and he would continue pushing for them if Iran didn’t suspend its enrichment program.
In a world where women have pills, patches, implants, diaphragms and a slew of other hormone-laden products, it’s puzzling that we haven’t developed a reasonable non-barrier contraceptive for men.