In the summer of 2025, I took a month-long trip throughout Europe, taking trains through eight different countries. On one of the final days of my time there, I found myself sitting in a Barcelona Taco Bell, directly across the street overshadowed by the towering la Sagrada Familia cathedral of famed architect Antonio Gaudí. As I write this, I am reminded of the guilt I felt in that moment. Although, at the time, I could not place exactly the nature of it. Now, though, I understand it was...

As tutors, we often form a one-sided dynamic with the students we tutor, in that we act as the givers. We give information, advice, and whatever else the student may need to have the best chance of success in their classes, and most often do not expect anything in return from them except for the hope that they are receptive to our advice. What we do not often consider, though, is what our students give back to us. In truth, we gain just as much from the students as they gain from us. Knowing...

On August 11 th , 1919, the first president of the Weimar Republic of Germany, Friedrich Ebert, signed into effect the Weimar Constitution. This constitution detailed a representative democracy with provisions commonplace in many governments of this sort. Nationally, power was split between the executive and legislative branches. The executive branch consisted of a nationally elected president and a chancellor who was appointed by the president and was required to cosign on all legislation...

When Henry Ford released the Model T automobile to the world in 1908, it was initially met with hesitancy by consumers. Seen as a temporary fad that would ultimately never replace more traditional forms of travel (horses, trains, feet), this vehicle struggled to take a foothold in early-20th-century life. This changed in part when the Ford company pushed an advertising campaign introducing the Model T as a tool for connecting isolated rural families, who could reach each other more...

Spooky season is among us, so it seems appropriate to talk about what to me is the spookiest thing of all: late-stage capitalism. The...

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When I see this image of gumballs, I have mixed feelings. Yes, gumballs are an innocent, if not nostalgic, candy which children and...

You are driving. Not vigorously so, but one of those drives where no amount of time is too much spent. It reminds you of those Sunday...

I was eight years old when my grandmother, the kind soul that she is, took me through the drive-thru that would change my life. I...

In America, anyone who is not living as a hermit in the woods somewhere likely agrees that there exist dichotomies of thought, belief,...

On my recent annual re-watch of The Mummy starring Brendan Fraser, as Rick O’Connell, I thought for the first time more deeply about the...

Look at this little guy. Isn’t he so cute? I bet you just want to pet him and hug him and protect him from the big dangerous world out...