What exactly makes a question hard? 5x^2 + 19x + 12, that's a relatively difficult question. X could be any number of answers. "Are you going on that mission trip?" "Will you buy this house?" "Should we take him off the ventilator?" These questions only have two answers to pick from: yes or no. Why is it when faced with them we are likely to think ... [Read More…]
Homeschooled, not friendless
Hi, my name is Lindsay Palmer and I am socially awkward. If you actually know me, then you probably know that isn't true at all. However, what you may not know is that I was homeschooled for all of my life. The only times I stepped foot in a school was for speech therapy when I was 5 and for three months of second grade. In high school, when ... [Read More…]
Best of science still yet to come
As long as men like Carl Sagan and Neil Armstrong lead the way, the best scientific accomplishments are yet to be had. Wait, what? It seems that both Sagan and Armstrong died without bothering to tell me. The future of space exploration is now a bit more dubious. The era of popular interest in interstellar space travel was during the Cold War, ... [Read More…]
The tale of a tongue-tied traveler
My Spanish teacher told me I had one of the worst Spanish accents she'd ever heard. She said this to me in front of the whole class after I had answered a question. Strangely enough, my eagerness to speak in a foreign language just hasn't quite been the same ever since. Part of the problem is I can't roll my tongue. This is a pretty quintessential ... [Read More…]
Make the most out of CORE
I wish I could go back and take CORE over again. Not because I enjoyed it, but because I didn't. The Cornerstone course for incoming freshmen is not a popular one; it especially wasn't in the fall of 2010. Students' complaints ranged from the abstract foundation of the material to the sometimes uncomfortable subject matter. Different instructors ... [Read More…]
Lent provides second chance
If New Year's resolutions seem to be withering, fear not, Lent has come to pass. I always had deemed Lent the strike-two event for resolutioners, the non-Catholics bandwagon jump for those who postponed January 1st goals. The pre-Easter preparation is a traditional Catholic ritual held 40 days prior to Holy Week, a time set to give up pleasures ... [Read More…]
Travel more fun than vacationing
Texas is a big state and the United States is a big country, but it's surprising how many people can say they've never left the U.S., or even Texas. Oh, and that vacation to Cancun where you sat by the pool and drinks came with little umbrellas doesn't count. That's not a different country, it's a tourist trap. Travel can seem like an ominous ... [Read More…]
Faith mandates spur conflict
Religious conflict in the Middle East and northern Africa is a testament to the complexity of cultural relativism. Islamism is the belief that the religion of Islam must be the guiding force for the social, political and personal lives of humanity. It's unsurprisingly rampant in this region. Mere opinions of secularists are no match for the true, ... [Read More…]
Black history still carries meaning
If you were grabbed and asked to explain what Black History Month means and what it represents, what would you say? This month is a special one but throughout the years, the history and meaning have almost been forgotten. Dr. Carter G. Woodson, son of a former slave and graduate of Harvard, first started "Negro History Week" in 1926. The week was ... [Read More…]
Let’s talk about gun control
We should fear guns. In a Biblical sense. Respect may be a better word choice. I have encountered two attitudes toward guns, neither is respectful. One is a disdain for firearms. Pistols, rifles and automatic weapons are barbaric tools that precipitate violence, death and have no place in the civilized world. The other attitude is one that views ... [Read More…]
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