Blogs
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...
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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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Welcome to Castle Street
Author: Emma Lodes In the middle of the road, a ratty old couch bursts into flames. The fire leaps into the night sky and sends off...
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Conviction: A Review of The Drop Box
Author: Eileen Lee A couple weeks ago, I wrote a blog on disability, and included a quote from Pastor Lee Jong-rak: “Disabled children teach many people,...
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Walking the Great Walk: The Kepler
Author: Tim O'Donnell|Emma Lodes In the southwest corner of the New Zealand’s south island lies Fiordland. It’s the southernmost nob of the Southern Alps, a waterlogged...
2015
Monetary Policy
Author: William Pottenger Sept. 17, The United States Federal Reserve reported that it would wait to raise interest rates. However, shortly after, Janet Yellen, the Chair...
2015
No Condemnation: On the Christianity and the purity church culture
Author: Eileen Lee I don’t think many from the evangelical Christian community are going to like what I am about to say, but as I usually...
2015
Metamemory, artificial intelligence and other brain teasers
Author: Melina Devoney Your brain is jumbled in the midst of a hectic school day as you make a beeline to the library. You pass by...
2016
State-sponsored Capitalism
Author: William Pottenger The United States' economy does not obey the laws of traditional free market capitalism because of the outsized role that the government plays....
2013
Backdoor Science Episode 5
Author: https://soundcloud.com/the-occidental-weekly/backdoor-science-episode-5?in=the-occidental-weekly/sets/backdoor-science-podcast-1Backdoor Science explores the scientific world and updates the Occidental community on all of its happenings. Each week we will bring you engaging stories...
