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• Fear and Loathing (But Mostly Just Fear) At The RNC on Opening Night

  By Drew Gibson on July 19, 2016 • ( 0 )

  

  It is easy to look at the discordant yammerings of the speakers on the first night of the Republican National Convention and lose yourself in the inherent absurdity and grotesqueness of it all. From the attempts to paint undocumented immigrants… Read More ›

• Canned Heat: How Pro Wrestling Can Shed Light On Hillary’s Campaign Woes

  By Drew Gibson on July 15, 2016 • ( 0 )

  

  Hillary Clinton is Roman Reigns. Now, I would hope that, for the select few of you who are reading this who are both political junkies and pro wrestling fans, a lightbulb brighter than the Ultimate Warrior’s fluorescent face paint just… Read More ›

• We’re Gonna Party Like It’s 1929: The Rise of The New European Right

  By Drew Gibson on July 9, 2016 • ( 0 )

  

  Whether it’s on the right or on the left, voters usually have a fundamental aversion to backing complex policy solutions and to lending their support to anything that requires either personal sacrifice or incremental change. Whether it’s Reagan’s borrowed vision… Read More ›

• Brexit Stage Right: Britons Vote To Leave EU, Take Their Country Backwards

  By Drew Gibson on June 24, 2016 • ( 2 )

  

  Inevitably, during times of momentous change and upheaval, I try to focus my sights less on speculative predictions of what the future might bring and more on the words and deeds that have shaped the trajectory of our past. With… Read More ›

• The Disease Is But A Symptom: Why Science Alone Can’t Tackle Malaria In Sub-Saharan Africa

  By Drew Gibson on June 1, 2016 • ( 0 )

  

  Infectious diseases do not operate in a vacuum. They are not entities unto themselves, rogue actors that can be evaluated independent of their surroundings and treated in isolation. It is one thing find a treatment or a vaccine for a… Read More ›

• Broken Promises & Bald-Faced Lies: Clinton & Sanders Stumble Their Way Towards Support From HIV/AIDS Advocates

  By Drew Gibson on May 15, 2016 • ( 0 )

  

  Under most circumstances, it would have been hard to begrudge Hillary Clinton too much for saying a few nice things about Nancy Reagan at her funeral earlier this year. Regardless of your feelings towards either woman, it is usually considered good… Read More ›

• Consenting Adults: Does Jessie’s Law Help or Harm People With Substance Use Disorders?

  By Drew Gibson on May 5, 2016 • ( 2 )

  

  There are few things that inspire a deeper sense of apprehension and dread in someone in recovery from a substance abuse disorder than the prospect of a major surgery. Rare is the recovering drug addict who doesn’t know a contemporary… Read More ›

• Let These Women Glow: Help Tiwale Build An Education Center For Women In Malawi

  By Drew Gibson on April 29, 2016 • ( 0 )

  

  It is not coincidence that movements of social change are usually born on the backs of the young.  The old saying may have it that with age comes wisdom, but with the knowledge gleaned from a lifetime’s experience comes a… Read More ›

• Race Based Red Baiting: Why The Right Wing Pegs President Obama As A Communist

  By Drew Gibson on April 15, 2016 • ( 0 )

  

  Over the past 7 years, the splenetic rage that has been nurtured by the political right in America against President Obama has splintered off into a number of separate, but not mutually exclusive, strands that highlight the various issues driving… Read More ›

• The Pro-Life Paradox: Can A State’s Views on Abortion Predict The Health Of Its Citizens?

  By Drew Gibson on April 11, 2016 • ( 1 )

  

  When does a human life begin? At first glance it would seem like, given the myriad advances in science’s understanding of human reproductive biology in modern times, a simple question that should have a concrete answer. However, ask a dozen… Read More ›

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