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Gamer Louis: The Downfall of World of Warcraft
Louis Schuler
Gamer Louis is a weekly Blast column written by Louis Schuler. It cover all types of video game news and opinions. "World of Warcraft" ("WoW"), one of the most renowned MMORPGs of its time, has und...
EDM is Sexist, but so is the Entire Nation
On November 19, Kat Bein posted a blog on The Village Voice discussing the sexism within the EDM (electronic dance music) community. Her article, EDM is Sexist: Why it Sucks to be a Woman who Raves, addresses...
Editorial: Executing Troy Davis is wrong on every level
Anthony McColgan
The death penalty has always been a contested issue in this country. Does any body of power, elected or otherwise, have the right to take the life of someone that they find guilty of a harsh enough crime? Is th...
Ten years later, reflections of a Gen-Y American Muslim Woman on 9/11
Fatima Shahzad
Ten years ago, I sat in class as a high school sophomore listening to my teacher talk about English. Or maybe it was math? I can't remember now. What I do remember quite vividly was when another teacher knocked...
Commentary: Strauss-Kahn dismissal not a distraction from work to prevent sexual violence
Toni Troop
The decision of the NYC District Attorney not to prosecute Dominique Strauss-Kahn must not distract us from the critical work of preventing sexual violence in the first place and of ensuring that all victims of...
Editorial: "Birther" movement can suck it
To all your arrogant, racist, insolent bastards who demanded that the president release his birth certificate: Up yours. While you were clamoring about the legality of Barack Obama's presidency; while you...
Commentary: Bin Laden — Action and reaction
Adam J. Sell
Newton's third law of motion tells us that for every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction. For the sake of the safety of Americans here and abroad, I hope there's an appeal process to that law. El...
Irish emigration 3.0: A Blast writer's thoughts on Ireland's recession
Brenda Collins
The Irish emigrated during the Great Famine of 1845 and then during the recession in the 1980s. Now, many Irish are again searching for hope abroad
Commentary: This isn't only about Egypt, it's about you
I'm able to write this today, without the fear of censorship, without the fear of futile efforts and with the confidence that it will be read by at least one pair of eyes that were entitled to the same freed...
Modeling: It's still a man's world
Lee Hershey
One of Blast's resident models sounds off
Editorial: Boston should preserve East Boston immigration station
First, watch this video from The Boston Globe. Then read Andrew Ryan's story about the station. Do we really need to say anything else here? Well, we will. This is ridiculous. The City of Boston...
Health care reform is step forward for ailing nation
Sachin Seth
If you followed the non-stop health care coverage leading up to last night's vote, you may be surprised to learn that Obama isn't sitting atop the White House with a sniper rifle picking off old people one by one.
Power Behind Closed Doors: What does it means to be an American?
Lauren McCombs
Lets look to Canadians, French, and Aussies for some help
News analysis: Nothing left for Dems to do but cry into a beer
"I will go to the animal shelter and get you a kitty cat. I will let you fall in love with that kitty cat. And then on some dark, cold night I will steal away into your home and punch you in the face!"...
Twitter literature: get "Gatsby" word for word
F. Scott Fitzgerald is rolling in his grave
A slain cop's daughter speaks
Sarah Lamonaco
Editor's note: After several weeks of on-again, off-again debate, a controversial forum at the University of Massachusetts in Amherst was held in November focusing on sedition and a related trial in the 1980s. ...
Countries place cap on global temperature rise at Copenhagen
The developed world went through its industrial revolution with little regard for the environment, as it was not seen as a factor in those days. Now, as countries like India and China revolutionize, developed countries like Canada are demanding that they take action first?
Barack Obama: A visionary's choice for Nobel Peace Prize
And then there's the victor, Barack Obama, a Harvard law school graduate, community organizer, civil rights lawyer, law professor, junior senator and president of the most "powerful" country in the world. A stunning resume, but where are the accomplishments? The peace work, the advocacy, the results?
Decency and lies
Jeffrey L. Seglin
Consider two scenes. The first occurs during the Army-McCarthy Hearings in 1954, when Joseph Welch, an attorney for the for the U.S. Army asks Senator Joseph McCarthy to provide evidence to the attorney gene...
Commentary: The puritans never left Massachusetts
They just drank a whole lot more back then.