In 2005 I nearly sold my soul to the “Lego Star Wars” video game. That year over 30 million people fell victim to the seductive combination of Star Wars, building blocks, and electronics. This June, after the release of over 20 similar Lego games, consumers will have the chance to purchase “Lego Star Wars: The...
In less than four months, our Canadian neighbors will become the fifth western country to legalize physician-assisted suicide. Such legalization creates a pseudo-autonomy that burdens the terminally-ill and elderly to face to their “duty to die.” Ideally, physician-assisted suicide grants greater patient control over end-of-life decisions; however, serious flaws emerge within its paradigm. First it...
As society becomes more globalized, we necessarily become neighbors, but do not necessarily become neighborly. Martin Shkreli, the 32-year-old CEO of Turing Pharmaceuticals, has recently brought to light this side effect of globalization by raising the price of a drug that treats AIDS as well as a host of other diseases pertaining to the immune...
I endorse Donald Trump for GOP nominee. Nearly every other candidate represents a safer choice, but Trump provides a unique opportunity. As The Donald ascends, seasoned political thinkers throw their hands up in despair. Normal campaign rules do not apply to Trump. He speaks brashly, seems immune to gaffes, and deploys a vocabulary tiny even...