Niki, I figured I should send you a comment because your post is blank... I would be very interested to read your post if it weren't, though! From the title alone, you have a very interesting argument at hand. I've heard about the waste products from bovine industries ruining the world...

Kevin, Orwell's 1984 is definitely an incredible book, on many levels. Your post on the emotions the protagonist, Winston, goes through is certainly a fascinating take on his message. The idea of instantiating a "false consciousness" throughout the citizens of Oceania had not occurred to me before, so thanks! Eric ----------------big...

Raymond, I just read through your source and article. This is all a very fascinating and worrisome move towards the dystopia depicted in 1984 by George Orwell. If I didn't know you've read the book already, that would be my recommendation, but since you have, please make do with...

Ethan, your linking of the story The Hate U Give to the real events it is intended to bring to the forefront and criticize is impressive. I could feel your emotion as you wrote the essay! I'm impressed that you spent the time to dig into some of the...

This is a fascinating subject, one I posted on myself a little while ago! The legal, legislative, and moral imperatives surrounding autonomous vehicles are, as you said, unclear at best. For my part, I believe there won't be any issue with the current law (no express authorization or regulation)...

Aryan, Although I am inclined to agree with your complaints about the personality of our president, Donald Trump, continuing to bash him will not help the country. Instead of debating his personality and the validity of sensationalism media surrounding him, I would recommend we discuss how to best help him...

Olivia, Your claim in the first paragraph is very interesting, and I would like to examine some other sides to what you said: "We think more about how other people perceive us than how we treat others or ourselves". Firstly, how people perceive us is, at least in part, affected...

Eli, Your essay is quite powerful; especially with the anecdote about your grandfather. It is a sort of challenge, a me vs. myself, and I thank you for clearing up the perversions of the American Dream from a purely consuming force to one of capability and potential. We must persevere,...

Your point on this case is very clear and well-written: We, including (and maybe especially) football players have a right to protest. You utilize examples to defend your case very well, from the Constitution to Veterans' twitter accounts, and your counter-example, Darryl Strawberry, is used to effectively further your...

Your question is fascinating: how much of your life is determined for you? Does free will exist, or is it but an illusion of our internal narrative? As you mentioned, religious denominations (including Calvinism - see https://carm.org/what-is-calvinism) take the omniscient, timeless God as to mean everything is preset. On...

Hunter, the concept of ultra-fast travel has fascinated science and sci-fi alike for years. Imagine, in all the time we've spent writing and dreaming about this topic, we could have gotten, well, a bit outside our solar system. You should take a look at the Alcubierre Drive -- why...

Thanks for writing this post on such an understated (or outright ignored) topic in American history. It's really cool that one of the two you mentioned even pressured UC Berkely into a whole new department! I'm curious about what you think the reasons Asian-Americans aren't well-represented in media are....

Raymond, this is quite an interesting post. However, you focused on the technology, and money needed - I'm interested to think how you would imagine a society would develop, as you say, " almost completely independent of the home planet for long durations". Would it be militaristic? Exploitation-oriented? A...

Javier, this is a really pressing topic, especially when you discuss what Americans believe the cause of poverty is. You may want to look at http://www.heritage.org/poverty-and-inequality/report/the-economy-hits-home-poverty to help your reader understand what the government is/can do to alleviate poverty. I would like to read your take on what private...

Hi Rim! The concept of microagressions you found in your research was paradoxically powerful: the strongest force of racism is in the accumulation of little, nearly insignificant actions. Another thing I found interesting was your comment on systemic racism, things like neighborhood discrimination, "the kind based in historical inequities...

Hey Mauro! Your topic, the effect of charter schools on public school spending, is fascinating to me. We are all required by law to go to school, so why do some schools get more than others? It really stood out to me that you noted that the small amount...