Last week, Alan Cho wrote a rebuttal to a piece of mine that ran a week prior. Here are responses and clarifications to some of the points that Cho brought up: 1.Cho summarized my argument by saying I was discussing the concept of moral relativism. The only problem with this is that nowhere in my… Continue reading More moral relativism… only not
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A debate on the validity of absolutes
It seems that all great battles can be reduced to one fundamental theme: Good versus Evil. Day after day we hear President Bush invoke this age old dichotomy as a means of justifying the sacrifices made by countless humans, the necessity of good Christian America triumphing over the godless “axis of evil” in the Middle… Continue reading A debate on the validity of absolutes
Turning down the green path
In January 2005, I made an important transition. I became a label reader, a selective shopper, a picky eater, an inconvenience. I was branded a hippie, a know-it-all, a rabbit and a closet dieter. I became a nuisance to waiters and a host’s worst nightmare. I became a vegetarian. Upon hearing my announcement, my mother… Continue reading Turning down the green path
How to be Human
It’s incredible the amount of hate that people can carry in their hearts for those unknown to them. It’s enough to make you cry–for the hypocrisy, for the cruelty, for the apathy, for ignoring a message simply because it has been said too many times. If the message was truly heard and taken to heart… Continue reading How to be Human
Motherhood’s no cakewalk
Imagine building a soul inside of you. Slowly creating fingers and toes, a life that will last decades. While you sit reading the paper or stand in line at the grocery store, you are making a person, a little being that will grow and smile and laugh and hate and cry and be in the… Continue reading Motherhood’s no cakewalk
The value of happiness
I used to be in love with a man–a boy, really. I loved him for all three years of high school and all the summers in between. I was dramatically, faithfully, if-I-can’t-date-him-I’ll-die in love. But I never did date him, funnily enough. Never got a chance to kiss him or even hold his hand. We… Continue reading The value of happiness
The frightening naked truth
It takes courage to tell the stories no one else does. The stories where maybe your face didn’t seem as bright as you wished it did or where you ended up with skinned knees through no fault of your own. It takes courage to tell about the times you didn’t have the right words to… Continue reading The frightening naked truth
The truth about knowledge
Write what you know. This is the advice given to aspiring authors: write what you know. I am newly 20, haven’t traveled extensively, know only two languages and am not yet finished school. What do I know? I know a little of love, but it is the kind people laugh at afterwards. The young kind.… Continue reading The truth about knowledge
Giving up on it all
Well, here I am, halfway through another school year. At times the road ahead seems endless, stretching out in front of me punctuated with exams, classes I never go to and deadlines I have a harder time meeting with each passing day. When will it all be over? And what the hell am I going… Continue reading Giving up on it all
Getting paid for stupidity
Now that the shock value has worn off, and a considerable portion of the population have spent their time and money oohing and ahhing over the grotesque stunts that make up Jackass, I feel it’s time to throw my opinion into the mix. First of all, I find the entire Jackass phenomenon completely and utterly… Continue reading Getting paid for stupidity