Human rights discussions are everywhere these days, from the local coffee shop trumpeting its fair trade beans to demonstrations on various campuses regarding atrocities in Darfur and weekly debates on Palestinian/Israeli relations. READ MORE
Politicians. Even the word evokes a certain disdain for many Americans, conjuring images of big-spending, scandal-welcoming, wide-grinning, power-hungry, narcissistic egotism. READ MORE
Responsibility and accountability are words currently thrown about with less clarity than my eyes without corrective lenses. Everybody wants to portray themselves as relevant, responsible and politically astute. But sometimes in doing so we contradict ourselves. READ MORE
How do we evaluate what someone thinks? What is the goal of the academic community and experience? How do we meaningfully communicate about reality and ourselves? READ MORE
Buzzwords are everywhere in the realm of public education. Under the guise of “relevance,” “tolerance” and “social justice,” teachers impart their views consistent with the norms of a semi-postmodern American society. READ MORE
It was a bit surprising to see that OU is lowering its standards of Ph.D. achievement to an equal status of economic donor to the school. Honorary or not, buying or just showing up to get a degree is pretty weak. READ MORE
The Darwin Day events and invitation of rabid evolutionary anti-theist Richard Dawkins only serve to demonstrate the extent to which one view predominates in science. READ MORE
I am relieved as an American to see the beliefs and efforts of Martin Luther King and others realized. But I just can’t understand why Rick Warren would identify himself so publicly with policies he openly opposes. READ MORE