• "The popular habit of connecting and labeling everything Arab or Palestinian to terrorism, intolerence and evil is a dangerous road to walk down."
    Imaan Ali
  • "If they haven’t really changed their own lifestyle, we will see right through their green-tinted surface to their material lifestyle, and won’t be inclined to follow their lead. Why should we?"
    Kimberly Schmahl

pop culture

Back Like a Batarang

By Kyle Bolser
Fortunately, the power of teamwork and gadgets (designed for a toy shelf instead of actual crime-fighting) won the day. Unfortunately, fans of Batman lost out as the character’s essence was nearly decomposed beyond repair.
 

Lucky There's a Family Guy

By Rebecca Loar
For a while I kept quiet about it, but then I realized the root of why I was offended. Family Guy isn’t edgy and it isn’t controversial. It’s using our desire to push the envelope against us. Family Guy is the most socially conservative thing out there.
 

Pushing Palin from Power

By Chrissy Knopp
Instead of being promiscuous like the Palin doll, the Obama action figure consists of broad shoulders, a tiny waist, and its hands on its waist. Why is the media portraying Palin as the slut and Obama as the super hero? The answer is simple: because she is a woman.