Blogs

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...

Things I learned from my first semester of college

Author: Tanvi Varma I vividly remember August 17: the day I officially moved into college. For months, I had been nonchalantly counting down the days until...

The tale of two buses

In Cuba there are two currencies: the Cuban Peso a.k.a Moneda Nacional and the CUC. Cuban’s who work for the state are paid in...

Franklin Graham and Samaritan's Purse

Franklin Graham, son of renowned Christian evangelist Billy Graham, is almost as well known as his famous father, although for slightly different things. While...

Metamemory, artificial intelligence and other brain teasers

Your brain is jumbled in the midst of a hectic school day as you make a beeline to the library. You pass by a...

A Letter to Myself

On Thursday evening, I received a text message from my mom that said: “Look what just came in the mail.” Since I was in the midst...

Consolidating Financial Regulation

Examining the "super-regulator", which has been proposed by China to monitor its financial markets.

Honored, Precious, LOVED: On Mary and Joseph, and the heresy of misogyny

“Fear not, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by name, you are mine…you are precious in my eyes, and honored, and...

Clinton: Her views over the last 7 years

Seven years ago, Hillary Clinton ran against Barack Obama for the Democratic Party nomination. She lost, and Obama went on to win the presidency....