“People still like rom coms. There’s a reason people still watch them. But those reasons can’t last if studios continue to generate slop”
How Free Tuition Would End College Competition
“By instituting free tuition, public universities will lose the competitive edge that makes them so elite.”
Why Clinton Isn’t Inevitable
“The best thing that Sanders can do to get ahead of Hillary is to accentuate their differences.”
The Problem of Common Core
“Using an untested, unproven method all over the country is a risky and dangerous move. Educational standards should be created then reviewed and discussed with teachers, parents, students, and local governments around the country before they become the norm.”
The Need for Transparency at BC
The effect of this lack of transparency can be seen in multiple ways on campus.
The Art of British Culinary Competition
First, you must turn off the Food Network. It pains me to say it, as someone who wants to continue the conversation about cooking, but those dumbed-down, high-drama reality shows add little to the celebration of food.
The Truth Within Language
“I want my words to reflect my perspective and for other people to understand my words as I mean them. And I worry that that just isn’t possible.”
The Virtue of Being Average
“Not enough is said on the virtue of being average, or the statistical reality that most of us are going to be average at most that we do.”
Terrorism’s Tunnel Vision
“How we explain terrorism has grave ramifications for how we attempt to stop it.”
The Opioid Crisis: A T Ride Away
“Massachusetts has a sickness. The Commonwealth finds itself slowly succumbing to a drug epidemic that seems to have no end in sight.”