Wikipedia Edit: Rastafarian Section of Vegetarianism
When I visited the vegetarianism wikipedia page, the first thing that I realized is that it was already a very substantial page. I found myself reading the religion section of this page, as it was something I had not normally…
Infographics: Food Price Facts
An infographic I found interesting was one about the facts behind food prices. What I liked about this infographic was that it is very simple. There is a title, an image of a piece of corn, and the facts…
Real Food and Ray Rice
Mark Bittman’s sarcastic sense of humor in “Is ‘Eat Real Food’ Unthinkable” creates a very distinct voice that makes this blog post intriguing and effective. Early in his post, Bittman introduces us to the newest acronym on eating healthy given…
Doing Time: John’s Diary
I listened to an audio story titled Doing Time: John’s Diary. The description is what made me decide to listen to this particular story: “As a kid, John dreamed of becoming a police officer, but by the age of 17,…
Rhetorical Velocity on Twitter
A tweet, no matter what it is about or what it says, has rhetorical velocity by design. The character limit is the reason for this. With that in mind, some tweets have more rhetorical velocity than others. There is no…
Homeless
Aside from the people who do not know what a trash can is, the audience for this image is everybody. At some point or another we have all thrown away perfectly good food. This image of a trash can with…
Animal Rights Update
Narrowing my focus to one facet of animal rights has proven to be very difficult. There are so many different issues to tackle within this one topic that I don’t know which subsection I should concentrate on. Because of this…
Pamela Anderson and the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge
We all know what the ALS ICE Bucket Challenge is and we all know who Pamela Anderson is. What you may not know is that Pamela Anderson strongly disagrees with the way the ALS Association uses the money raised…
Second Execution by ISIS
Second Execution by ISIS In August of 2013, American journalist Steven Sotloff disappeared while reporting from Syria. Today, the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria posted a video purporting the execution of American journalist Steven Sotloff. In the video, Sotloff…
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