Welcome back to the fifteenth installment of Spire’s Bops and Flops, the series where yours truly reviews the best and worst music of the month. There was an interesting contrast between vintage … [Read More...] about May in Music : Bops and Flops
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Entertainment
April in Music : Bops and Flops
Welcome back to the fourteenth installment of Spire’s Bops and Flops, the series where yours truly reviews the best and worst music of the month. To my fellow FSU students, happy summer! While there … [Read More...] about April in Music : Bops and Flops
Politics
College is About More Than Degrees That “Lead to Jobs,” Senator Baxley
Florida’s Republican lawmakers want to decrease the amount of financial aid state colleges give to students whose degrees are less likely “result in a job after graduation.” Introduced by Senator … [Read More...] about College is About More Than Degrees That “Lead to Jobs,” Senator Baxley
Facebook Pledged to Take Down Thousands of Pro-QAnon Accounts (Again), But Users Are Adapting
QAnon entered my life uneventfully as if it were there already. Like many during this pandemic, my days are spent mindlessly scrolling on social media in between completing tasks for work or … [Read More...] about Facebook Pledged to Take Down Thousands of Pro-QAnon Accounts (Again), But Users Are Adapting
Economics
Words You Don’t Know: Dambargo
The new American nation was, at its birth, an experiment surrounded by experiments. Across the Atlantic, Napoleon led Revolutionary France on a spree that destroyed much of the old world order. Across … [Read More...] about Words You Don’t Know: Dambargo
From Florida State to Kuwait: International Finance With Gilman C. Gunn III
Gilman C. Gunn III is a veritable jack of all trades in terms of economics. He's worked in real-estate, investment, bonds, and gone as far from the USA as Kuwait. He's also a graduate from Florida … [Read More...] about From Florida State to Kuwait: International Finance With Gilman C. Gunn III
International
My Life Is Not Your Porn: The Korean Social Movement You Haven’t Heard Of
South Korean women gather in Seoul to protest the prevalence of hidden spy cameras in public places such as restrooms that film secret footage for the purpose of pornography. Photo Source. If … [Read More...] about My Life Is Not Your Porn: The Korean Social Movement You Haven’t Heard Of
Fire and Fury: The End of a Nuclear Forces Treaty
J. Robert Oppenheimer, reflecting on the power of the nuclear weapons he helped to develop, quoted this line from the the Hindu text, the Bhagavad Gita. He knew the terrifying reality that would come … [Read More...] about Fire and Fury: The End of a Nuclear Forces Treaty