“The French language, like Paris, has attempted, through its Academy, to retain its purity, to fight the advancing tides of Franglais and international prefabrication. English, by comparison, is a shameless whore.” ― Stephen Fry, The Ode Less Travelled: Unlocking the Poet Within “In Paris they just simply opened their eyes and stared when we spoke …
by Calvin Mouw 
When I go to work out (be kind), I walk past a house where an excerpt from this quote below is painted on a chair in the front yard. The quote is from Kurt Vonnegut’s fifth novel, God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater. Eliot Rosewater is talking to his wife Sylvia about how he must baptize …
by Calvin Mouw 
Self examination on the Redline I was waiting at a Redline stop on the north side of Chicago for a train to the Loop. The train arrives, I notice a car with seat openings at one end, I get on and quickly understand why. I see a “homeless person” sleeping across several seats, a common …
by Calvin Mouw 
On November 16, the US Senate invoked cloture opening the way for a vote on the Respect for Marriage Act (RFMA). On November 29, they voted 61-36 to pass the Bill with all Democrats supporting the legislation along with 12 Republicans. The House passed a version this summer and is a bit different, so there …
by Calvin Mouw 
The UK deems asylum seekers as ‘dangerous criminals’ In June 2022, the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) issued a last-minute injunction to prevent a handful of asylum seekers in Britain from being deported to Rwanda. Britain’s Supreme Court had approved the plan and was overruled by the ECHR. The very next day, British Deputy …
by Calvin Mouw 
If you haven’t been asleep for the last few years, you might’ve noticed that extremes of both the Left and the Right have become louder in the United States. In the spirit of ARCHER’s values of equity and equality, I think we need to be aware of our biases when we communicate. Ideological Labels We …
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