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Month: November 2015

  • Why We Must Welcome Syrian Refugees

    Why We Must Welcome Syrian Refugees

    Just wrote my congressman and Tennessee’s two senators about the current hysteria surrounding the acceptance and placement of Syrian refugees fleeing ISIL. (See full text below.) Short version: It’s our moral duty to give sanctuary to these innocent victims of terrorism. By turning our backs, we’d be doing the terrorists’ work for them and handing…

  • Hoth’s Deadly Crystal Lattice Creature

    Hoth’s Deadly Crystal Lattice Creature

    If you’re a fan of Star Wars VĀ (The Empire Strikes Back), you’ll remember two featured creatures: the tauntaun, a snow lizard ridden by Luke Skywalker; and the wampa, a white-furred predator of amazing stealth and power. Both are denizens of the ice planet Hoth, a one-time Rebel outpost. You probably won’t remember the crystal lattice…

  • The SAE Anagrams

    The SAE Anagrams

    Let’s see — how many words and phrases can we find in “Sigma Alpha Epsilon”? It’s a timely question, now that this national college fraternity (SAE for short) is back in the news: It’s taking heat for running its parties on a “White Girls Only” basis. This won’t helpĀ it recover from last March’s viral video…

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