All in General Interest
This week's brutal attack in Times Square stole from our world the precious life of Alyssa Elsman, while also injuring about 25 other individuals. Whether or not this tragic event meets the official definition of terrorism, it clearly struck fear in the minds of countless New Yorkers and tourists.
In this post, I pose a few questions relating to the large and oppressive financial and diversity bubbles that a growing number of people believe are suffocating our college campuses.
Congratulations to the North Carolina Tar Heels, crowned basketball champions after defeating Gonzaga last night. In light of extensive academic fraud found to exist within the UNC athletic program, however, how much praise and admiration does the North Carolina program actually deserve?
Years ago, I recall my father commenting on Joe DiMaggio's remarkable record of 56 consecutive baseball games with a hit:
"Dan, that's one record that will never be broken."
So true!
But what other so-called eternal records will never be broken?
Can unbreakable records actually be broken?
1) The term "fake news" goes mainstream as partisans and others label various deserving and undeserving news sources.
6) Sales of anti-anxiety and anti-depression medication rise.
2) Although Facebook posts are a terrible method of persuading others to think like you, they are a perfect mechanism for displaying confirmation bias while annoying and losing friends & family.
9) Those who preach diversity on college campuses do not always embrace diversity of thought, which seems antithetical to the purpose of a college education and experience.
I take a quick look at the Thanksgiving proclamations from Bradford, Washington, Lincoln, and Obama, which showcase how critical the virtues of gratitude and unity have been to our Nation, especially when in the midst of significant hardship and despair.
Too often today's journalists are engaged in either too much self-promotion or irresponsible advocacy (open or hidden), with limited or no commitment to simply reporting the news. In other words, too many media personalities either want to "be the news" or "make the news," rather than objectively report it.
Although I've used plenty of excuses over the years to not write about issues that interest me, they have all dried up. So, I've decided to start blogging.
