As I begin writing this, on the 27th of September, the day of the testimonies of Dr. Christine Blasey Ford and Judge Brett Kavanaugh before the Senate Judiciary Committee, I am sitting at my bedroom after a day of catching snippets of the testimonies and hearing the whole depth and breadth of thoughts and opinions to be held. I...
American exceptionalism seems to get a bad rap these days. After two centuries of support of the excellence of our nation, from Presidents, such as Abraham Lincoln, who alluded to American exceptionalism in his Gettysburg Address (“a new nation conceived in liberty”) down to ordinary American citizens a new generation of hand-wringing pundits and intellectuals has determined that our...
Before we even begin speaking about the fights, this specific event for the UFC has definitely earned itself the reputation as the most controversial UFC event because of the beforehand controversies that occurred the previous day. Charles Oliveira, the main event fighter, weighed 155.5 pounds, exceeding the weight restriction.
He exceeded the weight limit by half a pound which his...
As the world turns to AI for answers, the students of our generation lose their writing ability, choosing a robot over their own thoughts. Ever since Chat GPT came out, it seems at the end of every essay and final paper is the clause "Don't use AI." Ultimately, we have become too dependent on a program's thoughts rather than...
Brigadier General Mitchell
Through my pursuing of my private pilot license and overall interest in aviation, I have begun to study the many figures that have shaped how we view American aviation in the modern era. One of these many figures, Billy Mitchell, a brigadier general in the Army Air Service, was a pioneer in the development of US military...
“I call shotgun!”
This famous saying is the proud exclamation of a winner, the first person to claim the passenger seat as his territory for the next car ride. Most people don’t think much of this game though. It won’t make or break your day; however, it’s the little victories that get us through the day, so those people who...
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Everywhere you look you see cars honking like there's no tomorrow and pedestrians yelling "I'm walkin' here!" to drivers. The air is filled with a mixture of the smell of hot dogs and cigarette smoke. Buildings tower around you and have tens of giant screens attached to them. You must constantly walk with the crowd, for if you stop,...
Ambitious, brilliant, and stubborn. These qualities are often used to describe the 6th President of the United States, John Quincy Adams, and his long public service to our country. The son of the wiry old John Adams, one of the nation's founding fathers, John Quincy Adams was born as a member of America's "second generation" of political leaders. With...
