Too many times have the eyes of new friends lit up every time I mentioned my upbringing in a small town. They ask the usual questions: “Did you grow up on a farm? Did you have a lot of friends because...
It seems we’re using science fiction as a roadmap to make our dreams, and more often nightmares, come true. Why is it that we manufacture a nightmarish future and refuse to heed the warnings so clearly...
Right now, if you scroll through the website of any major news organization, you will find headlines making bold claims about trade wars and constitutional crises. Engaging with these news media can feel...
As we embark on the final leg of the semester, I can’t help but feel the stress increasing in real time as I go over my extensive list of tasks I’ve yet to accomplish. My guess is I’m not alone.Every...
Being from suburban-rural Minnesota, my options for food were fairly limited.Despite having a fair amount of restaurants and stores in a local urban area, I often found myself frequenting the same...
We’ve elected an iconoclastic, womanizing president who’s filled his cabinet with friends and associates, racking his administration with scandal. On top of this, we’re living in a world newly reawakened...
As reading gets popular, there are a lot of opinions flying around.BookTok, a subculture of TikTok, boomed in 2020, right around the time of the pandemic. With an astounding 52 million hashtags, it’s...
On the day of his second presidential inauguration, President Donald Trump issued Executive Order 14168, stating the U.S. shall recognize individuals by their sex assigned at birth, officially kicking...
If there is one name that has dominated recent news cycles, it’s Elon Musk.The South African billionaire and owner of enterprises such as Tesla and SpaceX, previously a footnote within political...
Believe it or not, the first 100 days of President Donald Trump’s second term have yet to conclude. It should come as no surprise that this is a stressful presidency to follow. It can be tempting...
