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What would you do if you found out that your friends were secretly reading your Facebook messages whenever you left the room during a study session? Just taking your computer when you weren’t looking and reading all your private exchanges. And then, upon getting caught when you returned after taking a shorter time brewing your tea than usual, they all took turns denying reading … [Read more...] about Mickey D’s and WMDs: Abandon Ship, the RMS Merkel

The idea of education for all is widely defended but becomes challenging to sustain when the issue is education in underdeveloped countries. These governments cannot afford to invest on public education, leaving low-income families with the only option of sending their children to bad schools because they cannot afford private institutions. Even worse, they may not send their … [Read more...] about The Book Is on The Table: Reversing the Course

Every week, Lilian Min muses on reality + sci-fi/fantasy fiction narrative and fantastical world building in her column “Chasing the Unicorn.” I don't read a lot of comics. HAHA, AS IF. What I mean to say is, I don't read a lot of traditional comics. Yeah, I follow all those "comic book movies" as much as the next person, but I'm more about Scott Pilgrim than Superman, you … [Read more...] about Chasing the Unicorn: Miss America

It has been over two years since Occupy Wall Street began in Zuccotti Park in New York City on September 17, 2011. Inspired by the Arab Spring, protesters descended onto the privately-owned park, protesting the conditions of the country since the Great Recession—banks who were never truly punished for their financial excesses, a sense of stagnancy in society, and a punishing … [Read more...] about One Nation Under Who?: What Happened to Occupy Wall Street?

It’s a sunny, warm afternoon. Your grandchildren are frolicking around the garden, running and laughing in the family gardens as they help you pick vegetables. Your 68-year-old hips creak a tad as you bend down in the fields, but you don’t mind. It’s a beautiful day with your family and, surrounded by your grandchildren, you feel blessed. Something tears across the sky, but you … [Read more...] about Mickey D’s and WMDs: Duck, Duck, Drone