If I asked you to Google the phrase “you don’t deserve success”, what do you think the results would be? It’s okay if you don’t actually Google it because I already did it. Guess what I got for results? Things like this: “Do You Feel As If You Don’t Deserve Your Success?” Journal of Accountancy. …
The other day, I was listening to a podcast early in the morning at work. I usually start my days with an somewhat mindless task at the office so I can listen to my favorite political commentators (usually The Charlie Kirk Show). That particular morning, the show host I was listening bemoaned all the problems …
Francis Scott Key. Author of the Star Spangled Banner, heroe of American history, and a man whose past is deeply wrought with controversies. Modern textbooks and websites claim he was a racist hypocrite. Historians of his time claim he was a freedom fighter and good man. So who was he? Want to read more? The …
Life would be so simple if words meant the same thing today as they did 50 years ago. Or last year. Or a month ago. Or yesterday. Have you picked up on this trend? Definitions of words change on a daily basis, and it’s not just words like “queer” or “gay”. For example, historically, “queer” …
Cancel Culture is a beast that mainstream media doesn’t care to define. Sure, they’re knocking conservative celebrities, talk show hosts, and businesses out of the arena like it’s going out of style, but when I first heard the question, “What is cancel culture?”, I had to stop and think… what exactly is cancel culture? The …
You hear a lot of parents say it. “Oh, whatever my kid does at college stays at college.” “Oh… they’re just sowing their wild oats. They’ll grow out of it when they get a real job.” “Life’s going to hit them, so let ‘em have some fun while they can.” So maybe the partying scenes …
Modern feminism is not what we think it is. It’s a movement to free women from male dominance and inequality, right? In history, we read of courageous suffrage fighters spending time in jail, starving themselves, and being beaten and mocked as these female fighters created opportunities for future women to vote in elections, work a …
A nation’s history is its most cherished treasure, and when history is twisted, the nation loses its identity. The Founding Fathers are often portrayed as bigoted, racist slave owners who did nothing but abuse their slaves in private and tout human rights and equality in public. It is my goal to uncover the history of …
The philosopher Jacque Derrida believed that “the speaker’s meaning has no more authority than the hearer’s interpretation and thus intention cannot outweigh impact” (Lindsay & Pluckrose, Cynical Theories). Stanford News published an article detailing stories of how language “can correspond with biased beliefs of the speakers.” Language is incredibly powerful and affects our beliefs, systems, …
White privilege was once a serious problem in America before the Civil War and Civil Rights Movement. Whites had an advantage over blacks in almost every area of life, including employment, transportation, and public treatment. If you were black, you were excluded from certain areas of society, and, before the Civil War, you could be …
