NCR reported on—and posted—an editorial by a Catholic high school newspaper staff on gay marriage that was removed by school administrators. A column written by a gay student was also posted.
Roger Ebert, a former Catholic and an eloquent observer of life, has an interesting reflection on relationships, loneliness, and the Internet on his blog this week, and it struck me as someone who edits a website.
"For Millennials, Brands May Be As Important As Religion, Ethnicity" reads the headline of a Fast Company blog post. It's a headline that would make me want to identify as Gen X'er.
It's been cool for a while now in the general culture to make fun of being cool, to look down on hipsters as dirty, tattooed, skinny-jean and Ray-Ban donning elitists with esoteric taste in film and music. (I was handed my first Hipster Bingo card in 2003.) By virtue of not being a hipster and dismissing them as all style and no substance, you become a better person, not concerned with fashion trends and new music, and certainly not one to be found in trendy coffee shops. By not being cool,
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