On May 1, 2012, at the intersection of Des Plaines and Madison Streets in Chicago, 3,000 protestors of all stripes – undocumented immigrants and allies, labor unions, Occupiers, peace activists, socialists, anti-nuclear energy, anarchists, gay rights activists – knelt and fell silent. Continue reading “May Day Protest and Street Art: This is What Democracy Looks Like in 2012, 1980 and 1886”
Dear Family & Friends, I found out last night. I didn’t know they were going to publish the Shortlist of final entries still in consideration for the scholarship. They published it four days ago. By my estimate, 1700 people entered the contest. The judges short listed 19 finalists. One winner will be announced on Thursday. … Continue reading My Entry Is Not on the Scholarship Shortlist.
A few months ago, I started a conversation via Facebook with my cousin. She’d posted a link to an article, “Conservative vs. Liberal Beliefs” by StudentNewsDaily.com, and she added that it explained the major differences between conservative and liberal standpoints (within a US political framework). Among other opinions I offered, I said the author’s word choices seemed biased. My cousin challenged me on this point, and it led me to researching media bias.
Here I will review a few points on media bias (there are more forms of bias than I list here) and examine the “Conservative vs. Liberal Beliefs” article using this critique. Continue reading “Our Words Are Not Neutral: A Look at Media Bias”
Friday night I introduced my good friend Cortney to a few new foods, including Filipino chicken adobo. She liked it, a lot I think. I felt good that I cooked her first taste of adobo.
Actually, our dinner included three other foods that Cortney had never had besides the adobo: the beets in the goat cheese arugula salad, and our dessert of Nutella and stroopwafle. Continue reading “When Was the Last Time You Tried Something for the First Time?”
