Shaney Says

Subtitle: How to think about earthquakes in a way that protects your mental health A total of 3093 earthquakes with a magnitude of four or above have struck within 300 km (186 mi) of Ibaraki, Japan in the past 10 years. This comes down to a yearly average of 309...

I don’t like the U.S. Supreme Court ruling on Hobby Lobby. I don’t like the fact that Japan’s prime minister has not learned anything from history about the dangers of a heavily militarized Japan. And I don’t like the idea of a caliphate being created in Syria and Iraq. Am...

I call it a “fake argument” when there is a supposedly controversial issue that, when you really think about it, doesn’t even need to be discussed. Here are my top three fake arguments. If you find yourself embroiled in an argument (online or otherwise) that involves any of these topics,...

Two Grade 5 students at my school are doing a research project on advertising and Google. I have given them permission to play with the ads on my website in April and May 2014. If my website looks different from how it usually does, that is why!

I wish that people who call themselves Christian would understand that theirs is but one religion and not the only religion and that for any person to be free to follow any religion all people must be free to follow all religions. I wish that people who call themselves Christian...

I have had a poem brewing in me for a while now about the March 11 disaster, the aftermath, and how I feel about all of it. I have been up to the tsunami-affected area four times now, and every time it is a hard trip, mentally as well as...

I know this won’t make me the most popular kid in the class, but I am ashamed at the response to Osama bin Laden’s death. Human life is sacred and that’s why we feel so strongly that Osama bin Laden was wrong to do what he did. But we only...