Everyone knows you shouldn’t talk politics and religion, especially at the Thanksgiving table. Differences tend to make things ugly. But differences are sometimes important enough that they must be discussed in hopes of settling an issue. This is certainly true for people of the same faith who have competing views. Such is the problem presented...
The weather outside was cold and wet, but inside Jamie’s Barbershop it was warm and cozy. The wood-paneled walls and landscape mural were reminiscent of the Brady Bunch house, or the Andy Griffith show, which was the inspiration for the shop’s remodeling in the 1970s. “I don’t know if I would ever change it,” the...
On Jan. 21, former executives of Brazilian mining company Vale SA and German certification firm TUV SUD were charged with homicide and environmental crimes for misconduct that led to the catastrophic collapse of a dam above one of its mines. The charges are justly severe, but they will not absolve Vale from its duty to...
What is one scientific concept that baffles you? Electricity. The wind turbine spins and next thing you know, you can plug in a hairdryer? That baffles me. Would you rather live in the tundra or in a rainforest? Oh boy, I like them both. A rainforest has more biological diversity, but way more tropical diseases....
President Donald Trump made history as the first sitting president to attend the annual March for Life last Friday, but his presence hurt more than helped the pro-life movement. This year was my fourth time attending the March in D.C., and it was, by far, the most Trump-crazed one I’ve yet seen. That makes sense....