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Along with intensifying geopolitical tensions, the US also confronted numerous global and domestic issues. The 2020s decade began with COVID-19’s catastrophic impact on the global economy and countries’ functioning. Thousands of businesses were forced to close down, as millions of Americans lost their jobs within weeks. Meanwhile, educational institutions had to minimize the spread of COVID by conducting online...
Famous podcaster Joe Rogan recently experienced his first major confrontation with cancel culture after a movement to remove him from Spotify gained traction. Leading the effort stood Neil Young, the classic 70's singer. Neil Young hasn't hit the headlines in quite awhile, but he got his short-lived moment after making some confrontational claims against Rogan and Spotify. How'd it Start? Neil Young...
“I don't like you T-Series...Nothing personal, kid...But I must go all out...Just this once” -PewDiePie, 2018 It’s a battle for the ages. Swedish original content creator vs. big-money Bollywood entertainment enterprise for the crown of YouTube, becomes the #1 most subscribed channel on the platform. This battle has been occurring for the last eight to ten months, and has not...
As a precursor to Nicholas Christon '24 and I's all-encompassing Fast Food Tier List (work in progress) I sought the origin of easily the best fast food restaurant we have eaten at so far. Taco Bell. Its constant, brilliant taste presented an origin that must lie somewhere beyond human existence, and I would stop at nothing to uncover its...
“Eternal life will be like immersing yourself in the ocean of infinite love where time – a before and an after – no longer exists. Fullness of life and joy: This is what we hope for and expect from our being with Christ.” - Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI On New Year’s Eve, Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI (Joseph Ratzinger) passed away...
"I want to see a man beaten to a bloody pulp with a high-heel shoved in his mouth, like an apple in the mouth of a pig." — Andrea Dworkin "I haven't the faintest notion what possible revolutionary role white heterosexual men could fulfill, since they are the very embodiment of reactionary- vested-interest-power. But then, I have great difficulty examining...
College can be quite expensive, and many times, students across the United States cannot go to the college of their choice due to their financial status. But, what makes college so expensive anyway? Why would an undergraduate degree at a top-tier school amount to more than +60k a year? The student debt amounted to college loans is astronomically high,...
"In this world, a man himself is nothing. And there ain't no world but this one." "You're wrong there top, I've seen another world. Sometimes I think it was just my imagination." "Well, then you've seen things I never will. We're living in a world that is blowing itself to hell faster than everybody can arrange it... in a situation like...

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