A couple of weeks back, before the debate in which Mexican-American presidential candidate Willard M. Romney’s cheat-and-lie-to-win performance gave his campaign a boost, I wrote a post describing why his campaign was essentially doomed regardless of the fact that the national polls have the race as a dead heat. And amid all the post-debate hoopla, [...]
Imagine you’re pregnant. Let’s not get into how or why. We’ll assume it involved basic biology. Anyway, you’re staring at a plastic wand with a plus sign on it as panic settles in. You’re low on options and scared shitless. The good news is that you’re the boss of your own body, and for now, [...]
You already know this: while earning your college degree was informative and pleasant enough, plenty of us head in a different direction. Or maybe the experience wasn’t so awesome or helpful, but we’re sticking, steadfast and stubborn, to what we set out for in the first place. Joshua Miller, the executive director and founder of [...]
Venezuela has been in the media lately: following the death of Hugo Chávez, his chosen successor, Nicolas Maduro, beat challenger Henrique Capriles in the current election for presidency. It was a miniscule margin of a win—about 50.7%–and as of this write-up, a contested verdict. But if you’re the average United Statesian, you are less aware [...]
