Why Planned Parenthood Matters
Alright, I’m going to get on the soapbox for a second. This is about #PlannedParenthood. Some of you out there may not be aware that House Republicans are threatening (for […]
How America Helped Build Africa’s E-Wasteland
If you had a detailed enough map, you could find Agbogbloshie on the banks of the Korle Lagoon, just outside of Accra, Ghana’s capital city. Its four acres contain an […]
Rick Ridgeway on Sustainable Apparel and Patagonia’s ‘Renegade Culture’
Rick Ridgeway is Patagonia’s Vice President of Environmental Affairs, and it is the least dangerous position he’s ever been in. Ridgeway was one of the first Americans to summit K2 […]
100 Years Of Genocide, Or Why My Grandfather Didn’t Want To Be Armenian
This April will mark the centenary of the Armenian, Assyrian and Greek Genocide. This article was written to honor the occasion. If my grandfather had it his way, he never […]
Remembering Occupy Wall Street: America’s Favorite ‘Terrorists’
Today, Thought Catalog published my retrospective on the Occupy Wall Street movement. This is a revised and updated version of an article I wrote in January 2014. It has been […]
Why Nebraska Landowners Are Fighting to Save the Sandhills
The Nebraska Public Power District is planning to run a 220-mile transmission line through the fragile Nebraska Sandhills, a unique ecoregion that has traditionally spurned heavy development. In this piece […]
Happy Valentine’s Day?
There once was a Saint named Valentine Whose church wanted pagans resigned So they banned Lupercalia– Though a delightful bacchanalia! To fabricate this sterile pastime.
I don’t know about you…
People ask me sometimes why I can’t get into #TSwift. I can sum it up with a simple examination of the singer’s hit 2012 single, “22,” which appeared on her […]
VIDEO: Why You Don’t Mess With the Space-Time Continuum…
Several years ago, my brother and I set out to record a bunch of sketches while we were living together in Mission Viejo. Sadly, due to lack of time and […]
Berne Sanders Rally Disrupted by #BlackLivesMatter Activists
I don’t understand how this can happen. At the moment, Bernie Sanders is the one man running for President I genuinely believe wants to change this nation for the better. […]
