Spring Break
Already this year, there has been an interesting assortment of freedom of speech issues that have made their way into the mainstream media. While the debate over the Danish cartoons depicting Mohammed continues and the attention to the boy suspended for his MySpace.
In the midst of Women's History Month I thought it would be appropriate to discuss feminist attitudes and women's empowerment. That was, however, until a recent event aggravated me. The most unflattering human quality, usually expressed by females, has some come to my attention, and I feel it must be dealt with accordingly.
I'm sure that someone, somewhere before me has said that this whole "luck of the Irish" thing must have been originally intended as a joke. As an Irishman and half-assed philosopher (as if one can be the former without being the latter), I can't seem to keep this thought far from mind, especially during the week leading up to St.