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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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The North Remembers
Today, it is the South Island that attracts most of New Zealand's wide-eyed adventure enthusiasts. It hosts the best bungee jumping, skiing and hiking....
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The Meaning of Submission
"Submission" as a word has gained a pretty nasty connotation. It smells of hidden abuse, of extortion, of tyranny, threats to liberty and freedom,...
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Occidental: Islamophobic graffiti reveals ignorance in even the most liberal environments
This week’s post is a little different to what I usually publish, but an issue caught my attention a few days ago that I...
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Lamb of God
The dates of Passover and Easter often coincide, causing the U.S. media to utter the messages of “new beginnings” and “spring-time” that are assigned...
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Valued and Remembered: On the Humanity of the Elderly and the Expiring
I intern at a hospital. On most days, my job entails taking vitals, getting water, passing out trays, and talking to patients and nurses....
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Yemen: The Battle for the Balance of Power
Since September last year, the already precarious power balance in the Middle East together has fractured even further, with catastrophic consequences for the civilian...
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To see everything sometimes is to see nothing
By the time this entry is published, I'll most likely be on a ferry headed toward Wellington — New Zealand's capital—and, all due respect...
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Lipstick, Nylons, and a Queenly Identity: On Susan Pevensie of Narnia, Feminism, and Humanity
Disclaimer: There will be much nerdery in this post, and it will become quite evident that some person in particular is a very devoted...
