• Happy Tax Day! Thoughts on Taxes, What We Do Wrong, and What We Could Do Better

    It's that day again: Federal income taxes are due! I'm sure it's a happy day for everyone reading this, knowing that we can trust the federal government to be wise stewards of the contributions we make from our hard-earned incomes, to be used to support and improve life for everyone here in these United States.

  • What did Roman wine taste like? Much better than previously thought, according to new research

    From a modern, scientific perspective, the wine Romans drank is often seen as an inconsistent, poorly made and thoroughly unpleasant beverage. It is alleged that Roman winemakers had to mask their products' flaws by adding spices, herbs and other ingredients to the freshly pressed grape juice, which is known as "must."

  • Perturbed Travis Kelce thought the Rams were drafting him until Andy Reid phone call ‘made life better’

    Travis Kelce wanted absolutely nothing to do with the Rams in 2013. We all know the ‘Tight End University’ co-founder was drafted by the Kansas City Chiefs in the third round (63rd over

  • Dakota Joshua ’getting better and better’ for the Canucks

    The hockey world got another glimpse of his talent Sunday as Joshua powered the Canucks to a 4-2 win over the Nashville Predators in Game 1.

  • I thought he was the one — until he proposed

    I had always been sure I wanted to get married, and the longer I dated Dean, the more sure I was that he was the right one for me.

  • Sunday Thoughts: The Ransom

    One of my favorite movies is Akira Kurosawa’s 1963 classic “High and Low.” It’s not a samurai film; it’s a contemporary story based on an Ed McBain novel. It neatly divides into halves: one half a kidnapping drama and the other half a police procedural about finding the kidnapper.

  • Sunday Thoughts: The Motions

    A couple of months ago, I stopped by a fast food place on my way home from church to grab lunch. As I was walking across the parking lot, a large family of two grandparents and six grandkids walked in. The wife was in front of me in line as the husband wrangled the grandchildren and sat them down at tables.

  • Foreign Policy Splits the Parties

    In 2024, foreign policy doesn’t pit Republicans against Democrats so much as it pits Republicans against Republicans and Democrats against Democrats. For Joe Biden’s party, Israel is the fault line, with Democrats split between supporters of the Jewish State and those of Palestinian sympathies. For the party of Donald Trump, the internal conflict is over Ukraine, and the bitterness of the battle risks costing Mike Johnson his speakership. These crises in the Middle East and on NATO’s frontier...

  • Foreign Policy Splits the Parties

    In 2024, foreign policy doesn’t pit Republicans against Democrats so much as it pits Republicans against Republicans and Democrats against Democrats. For Joe Biden’s party, Israel is the fault line, with Democrats split between supporters of the Jewish State and those of Palestinian sympathies. For the party of Donald Trump, the internal conflict is over Ukraine, and the bitterness of the battle risks costing Mike Johnson his speakership. These crises in the Middle East and on NATO’s frontier...

  • Stanford in Style: Spring has sprung

    Smith relies on hands-on research to figure out what spring style looks like at Stanford.

  • AfroCreatives WikiProject: Back and better!

    In a continent bursting at the seams with talented creatives, it is surprising and disconcerting that so many Africans as well as the cultural and creative industries in which they operate, a

  • Harry Styles stalker jailed

    Myra Carvalho, 35, was said to have stalked singer Harry Styles by sending him 8,000 cards in less than a month.