This was prompted by an assignment for my Sociology class to try to find a way to solve the world’s climate issues and consumerist tendencies. Each student was encouraged to come up with a particular plan to “save the world.” My plan? A five-step primer for completely solving most of the world’s economic and environmental [...]

Seeing the multiple, senseless tragedies that occurred this week in our country (the Halloween killing of an officer in Seattle, the Fort Hood massacre yesterday, and Miami this morning) reminded me of a paper I had written for my Political Science class last year. The assignment was to write a pretend policy memo to my [...]