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I've spent the past few days debating whether or not this topic is appropriate for this website. Obviously, I decided I should post it here, rather than my personal journal. So, with that in mind, I want to put out a disclaimer now. This post is about religion. If you don't believe in religion, fine, whatever. I really don't want to debate it with you.  Read More »

So, everyone should now know that the Dark Knight set a record for the highest opening weekend gross, surpassing Spiderman 3 from last year. Yet, how many of those people would have bought that opening weekend ticket if Heath Ledger was still alive? Quite a few, I imagine, but I doubt it would have made a record gross.  Read More »

In this installment of my ethics questions, I will discuss religion as it affects other people.  Read More »

Everyone has secrets. It's a fact of life. Whether you keep the secret from your friends, your family, your significant other, your teachers, your colleagues... it's a secret one way or the other. But what if you feel as though you can't share these secrets?  Read More »

So, I seem to be entirely too nice for my own good. I can't turn people away. Ever. And I sit there and pretend that I agree with them, when all these red flags are going up in my head. I don't speak them because I hate conflict. It's one of my biggest flaws, though you all probably wouldn't know it from this site, since I seem to be really argumentative here.  Read More »

A lot has happened to me and the people I know in the past year. I've seen and heard of countless deaths and births and rejuvenations in the past year. I've made and broken friendships. I've read of new opinions and revised old ones. I've moved from one stage of my life to another, facing disappointment along the way.  Read More »

Welcome back. You can read Part 1 and Part 2 of this series at the links provided.  Read More »

So, here on Progressive U, we want you to think about progress. We want you to discuss ways our society can progress, or what needs to be changed in our society. Without getting cliche (and having judged the Think Progress contest entries, I know what cliche is on this topic), progress is making things better, for everyone involved.  Read More »