Hillary Clinton has reemerged on the national scene to typically polarized reactions. For my part, I’ve been glad to see her. I have always thought she was brilliant, my criticisms of her notwithstanding. And since she’s begun her book tour, she’s been honest, funny, defiant, somewhat petty (particularly regarding Bernie Sanders), pissed off, hopeful: in […]
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We’ve all heard the cliches about millennials, so there’s no need to recap the long list of reasons why my generation is a pack of self-entitled, narcissistic, little bastards who would sooner poke each other with selfie sticks and instasnap mean tweets about the President than do an honest day’s work. One of these arguments […]
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Aliens. Humans don’t know much about them, but boy, do we want to. In reality though, we’re probably better off without them… This idea is, of course, contrary to the prevailing arguments that if there are intelligent lifeforms out there, we surely must meet them. But if you give me just a moment of your […]
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The Institute of Natural Enjoyment and Recreation has concluded its decade long study of whether or not nature is overrated with a resounding and undisputed conclusion – Yes. The study, commissioned by the NER in 2007, sent experts to national parks and world heritage sites around the world. Experts conferred with park rangers, scientists and […]
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In recent weeks, there have been signs that some members of the Republican establishment are willing to hold our increasingly reckless and vindictive president in check. I am particularly thinking of the two senators from Arizona, for whom the president has shown a special disdain. On July 31, Senator Jeff Flake published an op-ed in […]
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Shortly after Donald Trump was sworn in as the nation’s 45th president, I called my friend Billy Peard, who was working in western Massachusetts as an immigration attorney. Most of his clients were undocumented, and I wanted to get a sense of how people’s fears about the new administration were affecting Billy’s work. This president, […]
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WEISER, Idaho. August 22, 2017. Some people sleep walk, and some sleep murder. For most, a nightmare, but for a few sick individuals – a dream. That’s the grisly situation one small town in Idaho faces after a sleep murdering epidemic has engulfed the town in a hellish frenzy, townsfolk waking each morning to find […]
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I hate to sound like a pessimist, but taking down statues that represent the Confederacy will do nothing to assuage America’s race problem. This is not to say that I believe that they should be kept erect; there are several reasons, which I’ll express, why they should be taken down; however, I am not sure […]
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To understand that white supremacy is as harmful to white Americans as it is to nonwhite Americans, you need look no further than the events in Charlottesville, Virginia, this past week. The white supremacists who descended upon the city, while seemingly finding strength in their numbers, appeared to be some of the most fearful, most […]
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ExplorePyongyang is your premier North Korea based study abroad program. Here at ExplorePyongang we’re committed to providing you a trip that you’ll never forget with memories that will last a lifetime, all in a world class city. Pyongyang, baby! The Paris of the East….or at least North Korea. With North Korea having developed the capabilities […]
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