Christian Jihad. Christian Terrorist. White Christian Conservative. These are a few of the headlines that were associated with Anders Behring Breivik. It seemed as soon as the violence in Norway took place people wanted to find a label to associate this man with. The first thought that many had was this attack was made by [...]
CNN reported Friday “Democratic California Gov. Jerry Brown said Thursday he had signed a bill that will require public schools in the state to teach students about the contributions of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender Americans” (CNN.com). The article goes on to quote the bills author (Sen. Mark Leno) as saying, “Today we are making [...]
I recently read an article by Arthur Shafer, the director of the Centre for Professional and Applied Ethics at the University of Manitoba. The article centered on a family who has decided to not tell close friends and family members the gender of their baby. Now this can be a normal practice before the baby [...]
Congressman Anthony Wiener has been the source of much attention this last week, as an inappropriate picture was published from his twitter account. At first the congressman claimed he was hacked, but didn’t know if the picture was of him or not. Then, he refused to speak of the matter at all. Finally, though, yesterday [...]
We live in a world that is changing with new technology by the second. Over the last three years we witnessed the rise of netbooks as an alternative to bigger, more expensive laptops. They popped up everywhere. Now, they are fading out of the market due to changes in laptop computers and the explosion of [...]