If you are not familiar with the story of Jussie Smollett, allow me to provide a brief summary: A little over a month ago, the gay and black actor from the show “Empire” walked into a police station beaten up and with a noose around his neck, claiming he had been a victim of a […]

Hate speech: what is it exactly? Merriam Webster defines hate speech as “speech expressing hatred of a particular group of people.” I chose this definition because it seems to be what the term has evolved into in the past decade. I think most people can agree on it. This is the definition I am going […]

I spend a lot of time contemplating why people do things in a biological or evolutionary way. This is because I think that many of our behaviors can be explained by our natural hardwiring to survive as a species. As a fair warning, this article is not about any specific controversy like I’ve done in […]

Today’s political climate is so intensely heated to the point that I wouldn’t be surprised if political tensions are at their peak since the times of the Vietnam war. I believe that after the 2016 presidential elections, everything changed. The demonization of people increased tenfold, to the likes of which I’ve never seen before. Every […]

Image via Youtube Imposing regulations to control gun violence is not a new idea. In 1934, Congress passed the National Firearms Act (NFA) to curb gun violence among organized crime. The law is famous for imposing strict regulations (to the point which they were essentially banned for common people) on machine guns, sawed-off shotguns, and mainstream […]

In an article posted on The New Republic  from 2015, writer Pheobe Maltz Bovy calls for an outright ban on all firearms. In the article, she also advocates taking them away from people who currently own them as well. Not only is this a bad idea, it’s just not possible. Image via Liberty Nation “Ban guns! […]

After reading the comments from my last post, I felt I needed to make a part II to this topic to support my argument more as well as make some things clear. First, I have no issues with all Muslims. All the Muslims I’ve met are wonderful people. I hold no animosity toward anyone for […]

Image via ETHNews On January 16, 2019, the Islamic Terrorist group, ISIS, claimed responsibility for another suicide bombing at a restaurant in Manjib, Syria which killed 19 people (including multiple U.S. Servicemen) according to Reuters. Over the past 2 decades, Islamic terrorism has become a real issue for the West and has led to much discrimination […]