- I’m Voting Republican. Learn the real reasons why people vote Republican.
- Gay unions shed light on gender in marriage. Gender roles don’t really exist. In gay relationships, there is no one who is the “woman” or the “man”. Gender roles are not biological; they are a cultural construct. (Duh.)
- JK Rowling’s commencement speech to Harvard. A bit long but every bit insightful. Excerpt: “So why do I talk about the benefits of failure? Simply because failure meant a stripping away of the inessential. I stopped pretending to myself that I was anything other than what I was, and began to direct all my energy into finishing the only work that mattered to me. [...] Given a time machine or a Time Turner, I would tell my 21-year-old self that personal happiness lies in knowing that life is not a check-list of acquisition or achievement. Your qualifications, your CV, are not your life, though you will meet many people of my age and older who confuse the two. Life is difficult, and complicated, and beyond anyone’s total control, and the humility to know that will enable you to survive its vicissitudes.”
- Parasite that induces love in its host. Insect mind control. Never looking at a wasp in the same way again.
- China and Taiwan agree to open permanent offices on the other’s soil. This is not-news news. China and Taiwan relations have been better ever since Ma Ying-jeou took the Taiwan presidency. His predecessor was very pro-independence and antagonised China repeatedly.
- Got a picky eater? The solution is Chinese food. Chinese people will eat anything. (Not kidding.) After you’ve had cow intestine (and it’s really good), not much else seem unappetizing.
- Bush regrets his legacy as a man who wanted war. Bush reflects on the past eight years and says that he shouldn’t have used as harsh, divisive language.
Profile
Amber Ying is a figment of the Internet. In real life, she is an undergraduate student of biology and chemistry at Colby-Sawyer College. Amber likes kittens, postmodern American literature, public policy, and cheesecake. She dislikes eggplants, parking tickets, and cobblestone streets.
Random Image
 |
Quoted
On the human chessboard, all moves are possible.
Miriam Schiff
