Eating locally is all fine and dandy until you want to eat oranges. At least when you’re from Idaho. I love cute little stores and farmers markets but the reality is that, if I was determined to eat purely locally sourced foods in my small town in northern Idaho, I might never have eaten an...
“I can’t believe I still do this,” I think, continuing to push on my lower stomach with both hands as the ticking clock of my study hall classroom echoes in my head. If I exceed the bureaucratic grace period of two minutes for a bathroom break, I’ll be ridiculed in front of the whole class....
November 5th has come and gone, and we are all still here. But the stakes of polite conversation at Thanksgiving dinner have just gotten a lot higher. For some, there may be election excitement withdrawal — the looming uncertainty and anxiety about the results we didn’t know have disappeared. What are we supposed to do...
It’s tragic. It’s terrible. But in 2024, being pro-life is becoming a losing issue for conservative politicians. In fact, this has been clear ever since the disastrous failure of the expected “Red Wave” in 2022. It is for this very reason that Trump himself has recently changed his stance on the issue so radically, prompting...
Halloween is officially over, and you know what that means: it’s time to turn on the Christmas music. Grocery stores are now adorned with snowmen and Santa Claus, with candy canes and Christmas lights — the commercial world is ready to turn straight to celebrating Christmas. Should Christians in turn celebrate the holiday so early...