"All I'm going to say is, let's pray for God's intercession on this election."
While this quote echoes the thoughts of the majority of voters in America, it also holds a certain amount of relevance to it. This election is one of the most important elections in our lifetimes. We are not just voting for the next President of the...
In 1906, young socialist Upton Sinclair rose from obscurity with the novel The Jungle, his expose of American meat packing. Sinclair’s version of the “Great American Novel” shocked the world with its gut-wrenching description of unsafe, unsanitary, and generally sickening practices of the meat packing industry (e.g., rat droppings and diseased meat jammed into sausage grinders, disgusting floor filth and...
Do you ever want to make your own decadent chocolate cookie? Only a few changes to a basic chocolate chip cookie recipe can elevate your entire product and help you satisfy a craving for a crispy and chewy chocolate chip cookie. Through testing and learning on my own about the complexity of baking, I have concluded that only a...
The "whodunit" genre has always been a style of movies or television that has either been a hit or a miss. Many have failed because some feel unoriginal, predictable, and overall unexciting. Three years ago, Rian Johnson released his take on the genre in the form of Knives Out. It was a masterpiece because it communicated a simple message...
Imagine it's the spring semester of your junior year in college. You decide to venture home to visit your family over the Easter break. You're refreshed to reunite with parents and siblings and sleep in your own bed for the first time in months. It's just like old times until your brother wakes you up at 6 AM the...
U2
Songs Of Innocence Album Review
Island Records
Released September 9, 2014
Genre: Rock
The "surprise album" has been a working concept over the past year, from Jay Z's "Samsung-only" marketing scheme for Magna Carta Holy Grail to Beyonce's "out of nowhere" approach. But how about the "Surprise! you already have it!" gambit that U2 just did at the Apple Cupertino event on September 9,...
The indomitable human spirit is the enduring, unyielding, and resolute aspect of humanity that allows us to persevere through adversity. It is the unbreakable force that lives within every human being, the unwavering spirit that propels us forward in the face of hardship, tragedy, and adversity. It is this inner strength that allows us to continue pushing forward when...
In the shortest impeachment trial in U.S. history, the Senate voted 57-43 to acquit former President Donald Trump, finding him not guilty of inciting riots on Capitol Hill. It was Trump’s second impeachment trial, and seven Republicans joined all fifty Democrats in an attempt to convict the former president.
Background
On January 6, 2021, riots erupted at the United States Capitol...
