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Vote for Reality

Out of the two major parties of our political system, the Republican Party is the only which is completely divorced … More

Democrats, Economics, Lincoln, Politics, Repulicans, Roosevelt, Sam Brownback, Scott Walker, Trickle-down

How to Choose Your Major

  I have a neighbor in my hometown that I talk to a few times per year. Each time he … More

College, college degree, Major, Political Science, Writing

Wine and Culture in Italy

Wine and culture was one of the two classes I was enrolled in at Lorenzo de Medici in Florence. When … More

Culture, florence, italy, Lorenzo De Medici, Study abroad, Wine

Florence, Italy (Part 3)

  I have already gone in-depth about my first few weeks of living in Florence, but there are a lot … More

florence, italy, Travel

“Guardians of the Galaxy” Review

Between “Guardians of the Galaxy” and “The Avengers”, both very similar films,  “Guardians of the Galaxy” is now my personal … More

Bradley Cooper, Chris Pratt, Dae Bautista, Film, Guardians of the Galaxy, Hugh Jackman, Marvel, Movies, Super heroes, The Avengers, Vin Diesel, Zoe Salanda

“Hercules” Review

The biggest thing to take away from “Hercules” is that it does not completely suck. I was dreading a long and … More

Action, Dwayne Johnson, Film, Hercules, John Hurt, Movies

“Dawn of the Planet of the Apes” Review

As a technical visual film, “Dawn of the Planet of the Apes” is easily the best film of its class … More

Andy Serkis, Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, Film, Movies, Rise of the Planet of the Apes

Venice, Italy

I took a train to Venice the very next day after I made an exhausting go of Rome. I did … More

italy, Travel, Venice

Rome, Italy

I did what few travelers or guides would ever recommend, and that is try to conquer the vastness of Rome … More

italy, Rome, Travel

Capri, Sorrento, Positano, Pompeii, and Naples, Italy

The weekend south around the Bay of Naples was a trip of entirely my planning. I had heard so much … More

capri, italy, naples, pompeii, positano, sorrento, Travel

Florence, Italy (Part 2)

The weather in Florence the first week was very mild and sunny. Classes started up on Tuesday June 3rd, and … More

florence, italy, Travel

“The Grand Budapest Hotel” Review

There exists no movie within recent memory that can match the level of creativity and original story telling which “The … More

Movies, Ralph Fiennes, The Grand Budapest Hotel, Tony Revolori, Wes Anderson

Florence, Italy (Part 1)

After just barely catching our train at Interlaken, Switzerland, we began south through small Swiss towns to the Italian border. … More

florence, italy, Travel

Gimmelwald, Switzerland

The train ride from Stuttgart to Interlaken, Switzerland was the smoothest yet. We made one transition to another train while … More

Gimmelwald, Switzerland, Travel

Stuttgart, Germany

We left Brussels on an early train we just barely caught going out to Stuttgart, Germany. In the train station, … More

Germany, Stuttgart, Travel

Brussels, Belgium

We left our Hotel in Amsterdam at about noon to grab a quick bite to eat and some wifi at … More

Belgium, Brussels, Travel

Amsterdam, Netherlands

We flew into Amsterdam about 630 local time on the 22nd. We were in the air only about 50 minutes, … More

Amsterdam, Netherlands, Travel

London, England

We went through customs after our flight at about 9am London time. We made the mistake of not booking a … More

Britain, England, London

We Deserve Better Media

I genuinely feel for the missing passengers of the missing Malaysian flight. But every day when I turned to CNN … More

24 hour news cycle, CNN, fox news, Malaysia Airlines, Media, MSNBC, New York Times, News

Let the People Vote!

It’s my personal philosophy not to make politics personal. I may thoroughly despise everything you stand for, but I won’t … More

Republican, Scott Walker, Voter Fraud, Voter ID, voter supression, Voting rights, Wisconsin

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