Zimmerman Trial Proves Our Justice System Works
One of the many memorable scenes in Christopher Nolan’s The Dark Knight Rises is the one where Commissioner Gordon is summoned before the villain...
Misplaced Priorities
[caption id="attachment_2696" align="aligncenter" width="380"] More people attended the Chicago Blackhawks victory rally than attended the end of World War II celebration in Times Square in...
Whistle-blowing From Different Whistles
A spy thriller is playing out before our very eyes as Edward Snowden, the former National Security Agency (NSA) contractor who revealed the United States...
A Caveman Could Easily Do That
When a modern person thinks of Stone Age people, he thinks of a group of wandering ape-men grunting and throwing rocks at wild animals. Just...
Does God Exist?
The Hardboiled Heretic For the amount of time that humans have spent talking, worshipping and teaching about god(s) exactly what “It” is constantly eludes...
Summer at the Cinema
[caption id="attachment_2264" align="alignright" width="199"] Nicole's pick for the month of May.[/caption] MAY Nicole's Pick “The Great Gatsby” Release Date: May 10 Cast: Leonardo DiCaprio, Carey...
The Wonders of Our Universe
[caption id="attachment_2297" align="alignright" width="300"] The Higgs Boson or “God” particle.[/caption] The world is a big and scary place, but every now-and-then we figure something out...
Summer’s Must-See Movies!
[caption id="attachment_2282" align="alignright" width="237"] "Only God Forgives" will be released nationwide July 19th.[/caption] "Only God Forgives" It was hard for me to select just one...
In the Wake of Tragedy, Injustice
[caption id="attachment_2294" align="alignright" width="300"] The corpse of a house burns as residents can only watch.[/caption] In the course of human events there are a few...
We Do Need Some Education: “Hey Teachers, Leave Them Kids Alone!”
[caption id="attachment_2291" align="alignright" width="300"] Barbara Byrd-Bennet (CEO of Chicago Public Schools) advocated against kid protesters.[/caption] When will we learn? I mean that in two senses....