1936 was a leap year. It began on a Wednesday. The Hoover Dam was completed this year. This was the year that King George V died and Edward VIII took the throne, who, after abdicating, was succeeded by George VI. The last Tasmanian Tiger died. FDR was elected to his...

OK, I'm an idiot. In fact, we're all idiots, all 26,917,473 of us U.S. citizens age 18 to 25. We do everything for the wrong reasons...or so we're told.

As an 18-year-old Obama supporter, I am constantly being stereotyped.

Left and right, I am categorized by patronizing remarks from...

Just months ago, I stood in line in the Boston Commons, directly across the street from the dorm room I sit in everyday, to get a chance to see a speech by a presidential candidate. I recall the picture almost too clearly -- my mental image of waves upon waves...

I remember sitting in Health Class with Ms. P for the lesson on abstinence. "Today class, we are going to talk about the safest option out there- abstinence." Fireworks went off around me: "AW HELL NAH, MS. P! YOU SERIOUS? NO WAY ARE YOU FO REAL! ARE YOU?"

At that...

The following is a conversation I find myself having every year around Mother's Day:

Acquaintance: Wow Scout, Mother's Day is coming up. That must be a big holiday in your house.
Me: Why would you say that?
A: Well, you know...since you have lesbian mother's, and all...
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