By Derek May: “I can’t reason you out of a position you didn’t reason yourself into.” —  Anna Connelly Is Cool That phrase struck me hard when I read it because it touched on an issue I’ve been grappling with for a long time. I’ve watched many a friend struggle to reason with friends and family members on any number of topics, providing well-sourced, documented, irrefutable facts to try and present a logical, iron-clad argument. What invariably happens is an all-too-common sequence of...

By Derek May: Photo by Derek May On Tuesday, March 4, 2025, each capital city in all fifty U.S. states held protests to denounce the...

By Derek May: Women’s sports in general, and basketball in particular, has seen an explosion in the last few years. There are those who...