After officials “contained” a school shooting at Great Mills High School in Maryland on Tuesday, CNN host John Berman conducted an interview with a student named Jonathan while the school was still in lockdown. Berman asked the student fundamental questions about the event, including what happened, what he saw, what he was being told, and...
Postmodern thinker Hideo Kojima in 2001 predicted the future. In his classic work “Sons of Liberty,” Kojima depicts a world where media surrounds the individual with constantly changing and useless information, or “junk data.” This junk data drives the individual to build their own truth and abide by it with slavish devotion. Kojima writes: “Everyone...
President Donald Trump has an opportunity to make an unprecedented deal and create a legacy. That opportunity is North Korea. Last week, the White House announced a stunning event: Trump will meet with Supreme Leader of North Korea Kim Jong Un. No sitting president has ever met with the North Korean state. This bold step...
Many people know the story of Lebron James — the age-old legend of a kid who grew up with nothing and became the king. Raised by a single mother in Akron, Ohio, James brought himself and her out of grinding poverty by becoming the best basketball player in the world. People trying to beat poverty...
My brother may never have to study for finals. My brother may never worry about his GPA. My brother may never feel the pressure to find a job after college. That’s because Levi has a congenital heart defect, craniosynostosis, is missing a kidney, and on top of all this, has DiGeorge Syndrome, which includes 183...