Always Reforming

It seems like almost daily I see a meme on Facebook complaining that the American education system is teaching reading, writing, and arithmetic instead of life skills.  As our nation becomes more aware of the broken promises of higher academia, social media is being inundated with a flood of articles promoting a focus on trades and home economics in lieu of Algebra and ancient literature.  Millennials are especially vocal as they remind everyone that their failures are not their fault because they were never taught how to budget, to pay taxes, etc. Well, guys, I have some news for you. Uncle Sam ain't yer daddy!  Betsy Ross ain't yer momma! The government, whether federal, state, or local, does not have the responsibility to teach you life skills.  "School" was not intended to teach you how to live your life, nor was it designed to make you successful.  An "education" is not meant to teach you everything you need to know.  It is meant to equip you wit...

Vaccines save lives! But...they often have side effects that are worse than the diseases they prevent. Processed food keeps millions of people from starving to death! But...it's really unhealthy and is probably giving us all cancer. Social media facilitates the dissemination of information and enables us to stay connected with friends and family! But...it spreads misinformation and is probably dragging us all down into depression. Technology opens up new possibilities and allows us to be more productive! But...it also puts people out of work by eliminating entire industries. On and on the story goes. Every pro comes with a con.  Every advancement presents new issues.  Every solution the human race develops to solve the world's problems creates an entirely new and previously inconceivable set of problems. Welcome to life. Welcome to reality. Welcome to a world broken by sin. Nothing is ever perfect.  Nothing is ever resolved.  Nothing will ev...

The Internet is undefeated, my friends. If you maintain any sort of a social media presence, you are doubtlessly familiar with this week's hottest meme.  It's not a single meme per se, nor even a single meme format.  Rather, it's the interposition of the words "Epstein didn't kill himself" into virtually every meme format ever devised.  When we sit back and consider the proliferation of Epstein-based memes, we can observe three things: 1) Memes are silly and amusing, but they are more than that.  They have become an art form, a means of communication, a way to make a statement.  They are the bastard child of newspaper editorials and satirical cartoons.  Instead of partisan cartoonists satirizing the politicians they don't like, we have artisans everywhere challenging the immovable moors of society; which leads me to my next point. 2) Americans, and I suspect we're not unique in this, deal with the harsh realities of life through meme-based humor....