2. Write an essay explaining whether you believe that efforts to eliminate sexism, racism, and violence in language are effective, or whether such efforts simply mask these issues. In casual conversation, many sentences are prefaced with “no offense,” as if that disclaimer willRead More

American essayist and social critic H. L. Mencken (1880–1956) wrote, “The average man does not want to be free. He simply wants to be safe.” In a well-written essay, examine the extent to which Mencken’s observation applies to contemporary society, supporting your positionRead More

Troy has always been the ideal place to live. It’s not a large city, but close enough to one to not be estranged from popular entertainment. It’s not farmland either, but it’s not difficult to drive a half hour to an apple orchard,Read More

Carl Stuart's political cartoon "Pandora's iPhone" Everybody knows about Apple, innovative tech giant and builder of the world’s most popular device – and, most recently, defender of the common people’s privacy in the Apple vs. the FBI case. Stuart Carlson’s political cartoon aptlyRead More

I thought I had last week’s bird flock compare and contrast essay in the bag. I compared and contrasted, like the prompt had asked me to, I got rather in depth in terms of the philosophy of the pieces, and I had timeRead More

There is so much violence appearing in the world today: the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, terrorist attacks all around the world, and even harsh invectives thrown among American politicians, making everyone in the United States hot for humility as their government becomes the laughingstock ofRead More

Saying they wanted their daughter to follow her passions, the parents of 15-year-old Madeline Zhang* told reporters Wednesday (after they dropped her off at her robotics meeting) that they strongly encourage all of her interests that will lead to acceptance from an IvyRead More

According to Price in “The Plastic Pink Flamingo: A Natural History”, one half of the flamingo’s success was its bright pink hue. She lists a plethora of “electrochemical pastels” (line 33) of the 50’s in lines 34 to 36. As an artist, IRead More

I’m an avid Ted Ed watcher. I can honestly say I sometimes spend hours at a time on YouTube, watching one Ted Ed video after another. It’s really a terrible addition. While I was reading Deborah Tannen’s “About Men”, her reference to RalphRead More

This week, we read a lot of things about dads. Which was interesting, because it gave me something to compare my relationship with my dad with. Of course, Brad Manning’s “physical relationship” (Manning 144) with his father and Sarah Vowell’s “[incapability] of havingRead More

If you listen to a televised sporting event, announcers usually refer to players by their names or numbers, presumably to avoid confusion. In “Champion of the World”, however, Angelou’s announcer refers Joe Louis’s opponent, Primo Carnera, by name only once in the story,Read More

My Sunday was planned to be free all day, thanks to the relatively little amount of homework I was assigned on Friday, so I decided to watch the 2013 movie portrayal of The Great Gatsby. Of course, I had my comments, so I’llRead More