The following is a letter received by Albert Einstein from a girl named Phyllis. “The Riverside Church January 19, 1936 My dear Dr. Einstein, We have brought up the question: Do scientists...

Last week a HB 1195 passed in the North Dakota House of Representatives that would effectively allow concealed weapons in schools. When I first read about this bill I had to make sure I wasn’t reading...

By Roger Waters You gotta be crazy, you gotta have a real need. You gotta sleep on your toes, and when you're on the street, You gotta be able to pick out the easy meat with your eyes closed. And...

A few weeks ago, one of my professors asked the class what many would consider a completely innocent question: What was the last non-class related book you read? I didn’t answer. I could have, but I...

In most U.S. jury trials, there are two answers a jury can be expected to give — guilty or not guilty. However, there are two more decisions those serving on a jury are likely never told about. These...

After the New England Patriots won Super Bowl XLIX over the Seattle Seahawks, the discussion centered around the last second call by the Seahawks to throw the ball on the goal line rather than to hand...

You’ve probably heard that statistic floating around saying that one third of college men are okay with rape (as long it’s not called rape). However, you might not be aware that this statistic is nowhere...

Valentine’s Day is just around the corner, and you know what that means: chocolate, teddy bears holding hearts that say “I wuv u” and lots of sex. Since we’re all adults here, I figure it’s...

The following is an excerpt from the book “The Public Domain: Enclosing the Commons of the Mind,” by James Boyle. This excerpt illustrates the issues that often come about in the discussion of copyright...

I figured you’d be able to see far from the Tower of Hope, but who knew it was in Manitoba? Last weekend, we went to the brand new Canadian Museum for Human Rights in Winnipeg, and it was seriously...

Over the weekend, I played through the video game “Grim Fandango Remastered,” which, as the title would suggest, is a remastered version of the 1998 Lucasarts adventure game. The game itself is...

You know the advice already — cover you mouth when you cough or sneeze, wash your hands, get your flu shot, get enough sleep, cough into your arm rather than your hands, so on and so forth. How many...