Why does a nice, young civilian like me live on military time? The answer is simple — I have severe clinical depression. My habit of using a 24-hour clock started because of Phil, one of the regulars at the coffee shop where I worked in high school. The shop was right next to an army...
Lab-grown meat fixes nothing: bad for your health and the environment
Since the 1970s, eating meat has become a more and more hotly debated topic. For some time, Americans have been reducing their meat intake, sometimes entirely cutting meat from their diets. Nutritional reasons often cited for limiting meats are that eating too much meat can increase cholesterol levels and the risk of death from heart...
A professor’s opinion: time travel
If you could time travel to one event, which would it be and why? Jason Gehrke, history: “Well that’s pretty easy. I would go to the Resurrection.” Jason Peters, English: “The Athenaeum Club. Anthony Trollope overhears two clueless clergymen complaining about Mrs. Proudie, a character in his serialized novel ‘The Last Chronicle of Barset.’ Trollope, unable to...
Swearing: Jesus gets it
Sh*t. When I step into a cold shower in the morning or summon the will to continue a workout, my language is less than pristine. I’ve heard all the arguments against swearing. It’s vulgar. It’s abrasive. It’s unladylike. But let’s face it: swearing is fun. We’re all adults here, and our parents are no longer...
Delete TikTok from your phone, not the country
Delete TikTok from your phone, not everyone else’s. Last month, a girl from Louisiana hand-knit a purple scarf with a big pencil on it and sold it to me for $48. She’s sold so few of these scarves that she’s had to cut the price twice, which means fewer and fewer dollars are going to...