We need to have more equitable responses to violence Mina Shah November 30, 2015 5 Comments In spite of the fact that this may sound very similar to last year, I’ve decided to write this column anyway, because this time, not only I have more nuanced arguments and more precise critiques... Read More »
A few thoughts on events at Mizzou Mina Shah November 15, 2015 0 Comments For those of you who have been living under a rock or not accessing social media lately for whatever reason, racial tensions have been building at Mizzou for some time now. There have been many acts... Read More »
The impending death of the brick-and-mortar bookstore Mina Shah November 8, 2015 0 Comments Amazon released two major announcements last week wherein they increased the number of weeks that new mothers can take for maternity leave (yes!), gave new fathers the ability to take paternity leave,... Read More »
How to really be an ‘Everlasting GOP-stopper’ Mina Shah November 1, 2015 2 Comments Usually, it’s easy for me as a radical leftist (I know, you’re all shocked to finally discover where my political leanings lie) to look at the Republican Party and its frontrunners of this... Read More »
Thanks, Facebook, but you’ll probably hurt more than you’ll help Mina Shah October 26, 2015 1 Comment According to an article published a few weeks ago, Facebook is about to increase internet connectivity around the world by partnering with a French satellite company, Eutelsat, to provide broadband... Read More »
Enough of Shakespeare Mina Shah October 18, 2015 16 Comments Oppression fundamentally changes all social institutions eliminates all prospects of a “universal human experience.” It is fundamentally impossible for two people to interact without histories of... Read More »
An argument for non-intervention Mina Shah October 12, 2015 0 Comments Clearly, we don’t do too well when we intervene militarily in the affairs of other countries unprompted, with pretty much the worst track record of military interventions one could imagine. And... Read More »
Police department reforms, but in wrong direction Mina Shah October 5, 2015 0 Comments According to The New York Times, the police department in Kansas City, Missouri is in the process of implementing a new program. Good, right, since we have seen, especially over the past year, that... Read More »