No, this is not 150 years ago: a modern-day boomtown...in North Dakota. [HT Brad]
Feminist Harry Potter. See also: In praise of Joanne Rowling's Hermione Granger series. [HT BCC, and Jen]
Here's an amateur but heartfelt (and hand-based) message to Syria from youth in Chicago.
Do you, like me, hate the Peanuts cartoon strip? Then you might enjoy the subversive humor of 3eanuts.
The US and the UAE treat citizenship so differently. In the UAE, citizenship is granted only if your parents are both Emirati, or if at least your father is. So this article, about the idea of Americans having to earn their citizenship, made me think.
Finally, I leave you with Jon Stewart's words of wisdom (read: insightful mockery of someone saying stupid things) about women in combat. The follow-up Samantha Bee video is worth a watch, too. [HT Lyse]