I recently had the good fortune to be able to attend a lecture by Professor Ritch Savin-Williams of the Cornell University Human Ecology school. The esteemed professor spoke to an audience of Cornell alumni...

Once again it’s that time of year again: March Madness.  And ever since I can remember, I’ve filled out a bracket for the tournament.  “Selection Sunday” was last weekend, when 68 teams were...

The College Board announced on March 5th that the SAT test has been revised from 2400 point scale to 1600 points scale and the change will be made effective in the spring of 2016. The new revised test...

As my mother and I were driving down the palm tree lined roads of Florida’s beautiful Marco Island, where we spent Spring Break, we got involved in a discussion about speakers at the Conservative Political...

Trigger Warning: sexual assault, ED In one of the most bizarre moves of a career characterized by publicity-grabbing stunts, Lady Gaga invited performance artist Millie Brown to vomit on her during...

Following decades of network technology development, a quiet breakthrough was reached in 1991 when Tim Berners-Lee published the first publicly-available website, info.cern.ch. This week is being celebrated...

A few weeks ago, I wrote a post about sexual assault in the military and noted (or complained a bit) that very little has been done in terms of fixing the number of sexual assaults in the military.  Well,...

Another round of the weekly feature giving you a brief review of the week’s stories that represent a step forward in social consciousness in pop culture, and the ones that represent a step back. Regress:...

Mild use of spoilers. You'll survive. Having finally seen box office hit and destined future-cult-favorite The Lego Movie, I have to reluctantly admit: this movie is awe--- I mean, fantastic. And that's...

It’s only been just more than a month since Adam Silver took the reins from David Stern as NBA commissioner, but the 51-year old is already making his mark and showing receptiveness to more structural...

Last night's Academy Awards went off almost completely surprise-free, with only two upsets among the 24 awards: Spike Jonze' win for Original Screeplay for Her over the completely shut-out American...

Married to the “Dean” of Congress, Deborah Dingell is looking for her turn in the political light.  Whose seat is she gunning for?  Her husband’s. John Dingell, the longest serving member of...