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About me - Ryan Ariano

Born and raised in Baltimore as the oldest son of a loving middle-class family, I always felt there was something outside of the slightly stodgy, one-dimensional world of Urban Maryland. I was always that kid who did real well on his standardized testing

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Politics, News & Issues > Political Issues Are we [Americans] collectively dumb as a nation?: 11 of 45

America isn't a country of idiots like the pundits would have you believe. Sure we spend too much time watching reality TV, bestowing privileges and acclaim to lunatic egotists who we like tearing down just as much as we like building up. But we're not dumb. We're just a country that's too busy worrying about getting through...
Entertainment > Celebrity Commentary Why we care so much about celebrities: 23 of 55

To understand why we care so much about celebrities, we have to first look at why they are celebrities; or, moreover, why they get paid exorbitant sums of money for getting to play pirate or act like they've just found Mr. Right or pretend to save a whole city/country/world/universe from destruction of some sort. Now I could...