I do not know how it feels to be a second-rate citizen by law, growing up in a liberal and progressive country, but I do know how it feels to be considered second-rate and to be treated like you are worth nothing. It still amazes me that evolved and cultured people in this day and [...]

Sometimes I wonder what it would be like not to be in the minority for once. It’s so difficult to imagine for me, seeing as I’m in multiple minority positions. There is the gay issue, the fact that I’m an atheist, the struggles I’ve had with being perceived as “foreign” because of my mixed ethnicity, [...]

While reading DeWayne Wickham’s article about Obama’s ridiculous relationship with Rick Warren, “Warren could be Obama’s Booker T. Washington,” I came across a comment that was truthful, smart and spirited. I’ve thought about the same thing before, actually read it as a suggestion in another article (which one I have forgotten), but never has it [...]