Individuals immune to debating
Despite topic, arguing will not change anybody's mind
Derrick Skaug
The Daily Evergreen
Published: 02/09/2009
In one of the worst episodes of NBC’s hit sitcom “The Office,” the Dunder Mifflin employees debate whether movie star Hilary Swank is “hot.” A hand vote at the end of the episode reveals not a single mind changed. Read More »
A lot of you may remember me mostly for one of two reasons. My ignorant yet passionate rants on religion or my blog on my autistic brother, my complete stranger. Unfortunately, I didn't have the ability to write on anything else so I wrote on those two since they in general attracted a lot of attention. I am glad that by now, I have a lot more to say. A lot has happened since then. Read More »
Sorry for the High School Musical pun, but it is true. Here we are, basically strangers, all aiming for the same goals. One goal is to get the scholarship. Most (not all) are participating in hopes to get that nice $1,500 towards insanely expensive college tuition. However, we also have another goal: progressing. Read More »
Hello from (mostly) sunny California, and thank you, the reader, for helping me to take this plunge into the shark-infested waters of the cultural/political/ (add applicable adjective here) blogosphere. Read More »
The third and final debate is over and Joe the Plumber is now a household name. More seriously though tonight's debate was the best of them all in actually getting the candidate's off the stump and having to address the serious problems that are nation faces. So who won? Read More »
It seems as if the whole Debate is turning to a race issue!
What does it matter if we are black, white, pink or orange?
The whole thing has got me thinking about the 'N" word in today's society and a topic on a past essay I had to write. Do you think the "N" word should be used at your leisure, no matter your race?
Why or why not?
They say we live in a free country....do we really? Read More »
Tonight I had the pleasure of having dinner with Norman Ornstein, an esteemed fellow at the American Enterprise Institute (a conservative think-tank in Washington). Read More »
Things I know about heart transplants:
