MSG’s bad rap arose from xenophobia

    Ask just about anyone about MSG and they’ll wrinkle their noses and shake their heads. Monosodium Glutamate is one of those substances that everyone assumes is bad, otherwise why would everyone insist on no MSG. But they might have a difficult time...

Trump v. Nixon

The events of the past few weeks, culminating with the killings of black men in Baton Rouge, La., and Minnesota, followed quickly but the sniper murders of police officers guarding a Black Lives Matter protest in Dallas have prompted comparisons to 1968. When they...

Racial Battle Fatigue

Over ten years ago University of Utah researcher William A. Smith coined the term “racial battle fatigue” while studying how racial “microagressions” marginalized black students at predominately white colleges and universities. Racial Battle Fatigue, he...

Orlando and intersectionality of tragedy

It’s been nearly two weeks since the Orlando massacre and, aside from the still raw shock and grief for many, it’s been interesting to see what’s been reported, not reported, speculated on, debunked, and used as a rallying cry for everything from gun...