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Don’t be afraid to play with your food: The case for reading the blurb and a simple black bean recipe

When you sit down to find a recipe, what are you searching for? You may have 10 minutes, an appreciation for authenticity, a peanut...

This dude I met on the street

I’m wandering through the fog down backstreets, alleyways, and riverside footpaths at around about midday, dead phone, alone, dressed a bit too warm, and...

Four Days in Jujuy

My world has always been small. I was born in a tiny New England town of 2,000 people. The city I've lived in for...

A List of Differences Between Here and Home (With a Very British Reference At The End)

1. I’d believe that the Earth was rhomboid and President Donald Trump would lead us into an age of peace and prosperity before I’d...

China’s Economy: Due for Reform

Author: William Pottenger In my opinion, China's economy is one of the most obvious explanations for recent market volatility. Like many developed and emerging economies (e.g....

Unconditional Love: Vicky Beeching, the LGBTQ community, the Christian church, and other sinful things

Author: Eileen Lee Newflash: Christian music isn’t just composed of choirs of boys with angelic voices singing hymns. On the contrary, much like secular music, Christian...

HONORED, Precious, Loved: On Boaz and the heresy of friendzoned entitlement

Author: Eileen Lee Part 1: Honored “Fear not, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by name, you are mine…you are precious in my eyes,...

Responsibility for the Financial Crisis

Author: William Pottenger Over winter break, I watched a lot of films, and one of my favorite was Adam McKay's "The Big Short." It told the...

Fish got 99 problems and they all Congress: How a single representative is trying to take the science out of fishery management

Author: Jill Goatcher Every now and then we hear about a representative in Congress who claims, "global warming is a hoax," or "climate change isn't based...

Detail Work, Dutch Style

Author: Noel Hemphill I, like many students who study abroad, have taken this time to not only study in a foreign country, but to explore the...

‘Kill la Kill’ mid-season review: clothes make the woman

Author: Mike Cosimano I was initially going to write about the new “House of Cards” season this week. But the more I ruminate on Frank Underwood’s...

Too much blood: The one about not sharing music

Author: Jack Butcher In the past five years or so, no band has captured my ears and heart quite like The Gaslight Anthem.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oAqbnTKQBIYThe blend of Springsteen-esque,...