Author: Oliver Shirley

Kenny Moran’s article entitled “Political Correctness Means Common Decency” in last week’s TSL was interesting and raised some very valid points. However, I take great issue with the assertion made in the headline.  By equating “political correctness” with a much broader concept of “common decency,” the headline paints those would-be transgressors

We’ve all been there: hanging out with your buddies in someone’s room, waiting to go to one of the many ludicrously-themed 5C parties where the only limits are your imagination. You can go swimming in foam resembling the froth emitted from the mouth of a rabid dog; get your dance

Sept. 11, 2012 marked the eleventh anniversary of the day when four planes were hijacked, two towers fell, one wing of the Pentagon was obliterated and millions of lives were forever altered. On that anniversary, I found the online social sphere flooded with statuses and tweets lamenting the lives lost