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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...

Darkness rising: How Millennials are shaping modern television

Author: Mike Cosimano Television has gotten dark. I am not the first person to make this observation, nor will I be the last. But I’ve recently...

Cruciatus in crucem: Lessons from ‘The West Wing’

Author: Mike Cosimano I do not speak lightly when I say Aaron Sorkin’s “The West Wing” is one of the best television shows ever made. There...

A #Nofilter Gospel

Author: Eileen Lee At Occidental College, justice is the thing. It is the hot topic on everyone's tongues, and the passion burning in many a student's...

Nice Things Podcast – Episode 3

Author: Allan Van Vliet|Mason Atkins On the third episode of the Nice Things Show our hosts begin with an in-depth discussion of Emma Watson's United Nations...

Quacks, tampons, and the Great Physician: Restoring Women’s Dignity in Christianity

Author: Eileen Lee There is a new game going around, with nearly as much popularity as "Angry Birds" or "Plants vs. Zombies." But this game has...

Pintxos reemerge in Pasadena

Author: Nettie Stein-Miller With the new and trending small-plate marketing platform, tapas and pintxos—small savory Spanish dishes—are appearing all over the Los Angeles culinary scene. Though...

The Game of War: The American military is blurring the lines between virtual reality and warfare, with chilling consequences

Author: Joseph Evans Two videos, from two very different perspectives, caught my attention this week. In the first, 13-year-old Mohammed Tuaiman documents his life in Ma’rib...

Back to the Cretaceous at the Catlins

Author: Emma Lodes It was like I imagined the rolling green hills of the English countryside, just after dawn. Skies cold patchy blue behind a marine...