Ralph Waldo Emerson once said that “few people know how to take a walk."
Most of us take walking for granted. In fact, I believe there’s a growing movement to get rid of walking altogether. The prevalence...
If conservatives believe climate change is a hoax invented by liberals, I get to believe Santa was invented by Republicans. Think about it. His clothes are red, he promotes big industry, his company is...
The undeniable drug problem in our country has long been relegated primarily to low-income and minority communities. The brunt of blame associated with the effects of drug abuse is also linked...
On the Sunday night before Spring Semester started, I made the grave mistake of watching multiple interviews of famous actors and actresses. Emma Watson, sporting her usual elegant hair and makeup, paired...
"No Pain, No Gain" is a well-known saying that could and should be applied to education. In education, pain means dealing with terms or concepts students are unfamiliar with, that they have to reach and...
As a Utah native who rarely takes advantage of the stunning backdrop that is my birthplace, I am all too familiar with the nonchalance that seems to plague us oblivious Utahns. There are some that don’t...
Holidays like Halloween and Christmas have been turned into month-long events with goods in stores up to two months in advance. That’s fine, I get it. What I don’t get is why I found an entire section...
I got into an argument this week over the proposal to increase the minimum wage to $15 an hour. The person with whom I word-battled argued that, given a wage increase, employers would need to cut employment,...
Although the holidays are the “most wonderful time of the year,” they are also the most wasteful time of the year. Considering statistics of just how detrimental to the environment our holiday season...
With its presidential frontrunner a hateful billionaire, its next-in-line a Tea Party politician who has shut down the government in the past and its efforts to oust John Boehner nearly gone horribly wrong,...
