Love it or Hate it: Cloud Atlas is Worth Seeing

A little while ago, I mentioned that I’d seen a bunch of movies recently. One of those movies: Cloud Atlas. I rather liked the movie and think that you should most definitely consider seeing it. I tend to like the kinds of movies that Tom Hanks is in and I thoroughly enjoyed The Matrix trilogy. Yes, Tom …

“Take Back the Country” — From Whom?

Yesterday during class, I saw a tweet from Mitt Romney: With Ohio’s help, @paulryanvp and I will lead in Washington and take back our country. mi.tt/TWtRCV — Mitt Romney (@MittRomney) November 1, 2012 This made me a bit upset and not in a partisan way. From what I understand, Democrats used this same ‘slogan’ in …

The World — as we know it — is in its Infancy

After watching this week’s Crash Course: World History on decolonization and nationalism, I have a newfound understanding (respect?) for the current state of the world. I used to think, ‘my goodness, humans have existed for so long, why are we still fighting?’ This presupposes that the makeup of the world had stayed relatively the same. …