Washington, DC - President Harry Truman was the first US president to pardon a Thanksgiving turkey. Both scrupulous and unscrupulous turkeys alike have been pardoned ever since… until now. With President Bush’s approval rating dipping bellow the approval rating of “Pumpkin” (this year’s turkey chosen for pardon), officials in the White House have decided to modify the tradition and have the turkey pardon Bush. Bush’s harshest critics (i.e. everyone) are up in arms over what they describe as a sinister PR move that aims to capitalize on human inability to discern Pumpkin’s true opinion of the controversial president… [continue]

In Virginia Woolf’s essay “A Room of One’s Own” she argues that the primary barrier between a woman and literary success is opportunity. Given time, space, and license a woman of talent and inclination can create great work. It’s easy to further this postulate to include all people who have been deprived of any of these things, all … [continue]