Archive for Opinion Pieces

Foreign Crises and Aid

Update February 28, 2012: This article was awarded a bronze prize by Viewshound on August 5, 2011. It was published under the title “Sorry Somalia: A Logical Look at Foreign Aid”.

Today TheGrio posted an article to their website asking if the starvation of people in Somalia was getting enough news coverage. I think it’s getting enough, if not too much. I know that as a nation, the United States is probably better off than the vast majority of people in the world. I know too, though, that there are people who live down the street from me that are suffering. Those people are my focus first and foremost.

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Comic Book Racism in X-Men First Class? Not So Much…

I have a bone to pick with News One right now, about an article TheGrio featured where they turn X-Men First Class into a piece of “comic book racism”. It’s pretty clear from the article that they have never read the comics, and that they are probably basing their assumptions off of the movie universe of X-Men. If not, they need to fire their resident fanboy. For those of you who have not seen the film or are not familiar with the X-Men Universe, you may want to skip over certain spots in here. I’ll try to keep as many spoilers out as possible, but we need to cover the bases. Continue reading “Comic Book Racism in X-Men First Class? Not So Much…” »