I am a professional college advocate/educator with Sexual Assault Prevention and Response Services. April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month and SAPARS staff will be writing guest columns in the Sun Journal on the topic of sexual assault every Sunday. This piece serves as an explanation of trigger warnings, why they are important and a trigger […]
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Rearview Mirror: Primitive response won’t solve our modern problems
For me the phrase that best explains the turbulent 2016 presidential primaries is a quote from renowned evolutionary biologist Edward O. Wilson, “The real problem of humanity,” Wilson said, is that “we have Paleolithic emotions; medieval institutions; and god-like technology.” Applied to the primary elections, Wilson’s paradigm seems to provide more clarity than traditional political […]
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Are Americans obliged to police the globe?
It seems strange that so few of my fellow TV binge-watchers have submitted to the fascinating Norwegian political thriller, “Occupied.” Friends, this is eight hours of your life you won’t mind not getting back. In the story, an idealistic Norwegian prime minister stops his country’s huge oil production in the name of confronting climate change. […]
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Note to Kasich: Time to end campaign
This truly is a year when the rules don’t apply. If they did, John Kasich would be back in Columbus trying to figure out whether he sells his soul to Donald Trump or endorses Ted Cruz. Instead, the Ohio governor is still out on the trail running a delusional vanity project masquerading as a presidential […]
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Privacy has become a thing of the past
A week ago, I spent a good deal of time on the phone with a woman in Manila. Her name is Carolina and she works for Microsoft, which insists on compelling me to “upgrade” to Windows 10. I tried, but for some reason it did not work. My computer froze and so I had Microsoft […]
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Corruption breeds terrorist groups
The “safe space” created by political corruption is one reason terrorist organizations can infiltrate, collect intelligence, launch attacks and frankly, continue to exist. This is a global phenomenon, and it isn’t new. In the mid-1990s and after 9/11, western intelligence services found evidence that Balkan criminal gangs had assisted Islamist terrorist networks. In the late […]
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GOP quiet about guns at convention
So, do you think guns should be allowed at the Republican National Convention? Granted, the question is moot. On Monday, the Secret Service announced that only its agents and Cleveland police will be allowed to bring firearms into Quicken Loans Arena when the GOP assembles there this summer. But “moot” is not the same as […]
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Get serious about ending terrorist threats
Are the increasing incidents of terrorist attacks in Europe the “new normal”? Must Europeans and Americans become resigned to the inevitability of regular jihadist assaults? Must we endure more meaningless bromides about not “overreacting” because we might offend the world’s 1.6 billion Muslims, playing into the hands of terrorists who promote the notion that the […]
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U.S. terrorism response reflects competence
Belgians planning to “march against fear” Sunday were told to stay home out of fear for more violence. Americans in Europe, meanwhile, are being advised to “exercise vigilance.” What about Americans in America? Over here, there’s a bizarre split screen of an intelligent response to a serious terrorist threat and a major political party descending […]
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Trump wrong about U.S. being poor
WASHINGTON — We are a very wealthy society, and we shouldn’t forget it. Donald Trump apparently has — along with many other people. Visiting recently with The Washington Post editorial board, here’s how Trump explained his suggestion that the United States limit its overseas military commitments, including support for NATO, founded in 1949: “I think […]