7 Reasons to Date a Republican

They say to "love your enemies." But I say, make love to them. I was recently talking to one of my friends in San Francisco about why now days it seems that Republicans and Democrats can't even sit in the same room with one another without having a moral breakdown. Everybody is so upset at Congress for being ultra-partisan and refusing to work together. True, Congress is trippin. But so are we. I would argue that...

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Local Black Man Arrests Himself to Avoid Getting Shot by Police

Local black man Robert Johnson has drawn much attention in the South Sacramento neighborhood after he was seen handcuffing and arresting himself in an attempt to avoid getting shot to death by Sacramento PD officers. "I just kept seeing all of these black guys getting shot by the police on the news. When the two officers walked by I just threw myself on the ground and began arresting myself" Johnson stated. Witnesses report that that Johnson...

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How will we Overcome the Killing of Mike Brown? Use Cold Anger

How are you going to mentally overcome tragedies like the recent killing of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri? There seems to be another news update every 10 minutes about the incident, and it’s draining. Ever since Trayvon Martin I have been trying to deal with high profile deaths of people who look like me. Do I protest? Do I meditate? Do I try to forget it for the sake of my own sanity? Most of us have tried it all, and have felt utterly helpless at...

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6 Weeks with no TV/WiFi? My Results

E-diets are among the best types of diets, I am slowly finding out. I recently survived a month and a half without watching television and without a home WiFi connection. Don't worry, everything is back now. But what I thought was going to be an excruciating 6 weeks was actually one of the most productive, introspective, and authentically happy periods of my young adult life. Turns out that there are a whole bunch of non-screen-based activities...

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Why Feminism Needs Men's Rights Groups

I support the idea of having a men's advocacy group. I even think that feminist movements could benefit from their existence. More on that shortly. First, there is an interesting article in Time Magazine in which Jessica Roy describes her experience at a "Men's Rights" conference earlier this year in Detroit. You read that correctly, a conference for men's rights. From her report, and to perhaps no one's surprise, she encountered...

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