Last year, I was shopping at the Seattle QFC on Broadway and Pine at 7PM when suddenly I felt a twinge in my stomach. The QFC sandwich I had just eaten was beginning to make its presence known. I needed to use the restroom. Read More
Masterpiece Cakeshop Proves Inconclusive for Gay Rights
When Jack Phillips, the owner of Masterpiece Cakeshop in suburban Denver, tried to deny Charlie Craig and David Mullins, a gay couple, service for their wedding because of his religious beliefs, he was ordered by a Colorado court to create cakes for other same-sex couples and charged with anti-gay discrimination. Read More
Dismantling the Doomsday Clock: A Plan for Planetary Defense
The possibility of the extinction of humankind is probably greater now than ever before. The Doomsday Clock is at two minutes to midnight––we are essentially at the closest point we have ever been to the apocalypse since the clock’s inception in 1947. Read More
How Do We Get Universal Healthcare? Through “Marijuana for All”
In February, Rob Wyden, Sen. (D), and Earl Blumenauer, Rep. (D), introduced H.R. 420, “Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol Act” and S. 420, “Marijuana Revenue and Regulation Act,” potentially legalizing marijuana at a federal level. Read More