The Shopping Cart Chronicles: A Completely Reasonable Pet Peeve

We all have pet peeves. Some people hate loud chewing. Some people hate when someone leaves thirty seconds on the microwave and walks away. Some people hate when people don’t use their turn signals. I have a different one. Shopping carts. Now before you judge me, hear me out. There are instructions. The store literally … More The Shopping Cart Chronicles: A Completely Reasonable Pet Peeve

The Death of Toughness: How We Became the Softest Generation

For those who grew up in the 1970s and 80s, television was fearless. Shows tackled hard issues, made jokes that today would spark outrage, and reflected a society that hadn’t yet been neutered by hypersensitivity. Today, people break down over “offensive” words, demand safe spaces, and label comedy as hate speech. What happened to us? … More The Death of Toughness: How We Became the Softest Generation