After securing two gold medals and a silver medal in the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics at only 18 years of age, Eileen Gu made headlines around the world. She is the youngest Olympic champion and the first to win three medals in freestyle skiing. Over the past few months, Eileen garnered the attention of athletes,…
What would happen if we never changed ourselves? Our ways, our mindsets, our outlooks… It seems that we’re always either trapped within a cycle or travelling along an upwards spiral. With the former, we put ourselves into a stagnant position, where nothing terribly bad or terribly great ever happens. It’s always a desirable place to…
With Donald Trump now officially the 45th president of the United States (I cringe just writing that), the question that many Americans and others around the world are asking is, “What now?” As someone who admittedly knows very little about politics, never mind the seemingly backwards world of US politics, I am in no way…
In the early days of campaigning, it was a joke, a source of laughter and disbelief. The “you’re fired” guy? Running for president? He didn’t have a chance, no one would be crazy enough to vote for him! However as time progressed, we found out there were people crazy enough to vote for him, a…
Every now and again, a moment comes along in your life when you can’t help but think: Wow, I’m living history. This is going to be a story for my grandkids. For millions of people in the LGBTQ+ community, that moment happened on Friday when after decades of divisive wrangling, the US Supreme Court ruled that…
The USA is the largest superpower in the world. What would be the consequences of its decline? The inevitable truth is that The United States of America is the biggest superpower in the west (and the world at the moment) and this nation is declining as a superpower. The US acts as the international police fighting…
“Millions long for immortality who don’t know what to do with themselves on a rainy Sunday afternoon.” – Susan Ertz
This is just a little comic commenting on how lottery winnings compare to US federal government spendings. Though I have not looked up the analytics on exactly where these government spendings go toward…
For those who are not aware, recently a documentary on Youtube has gone viral accumulating over 11.5 million views in only 2 DAYS! It is a video that aims to bring awareness of the Invisible Children Inc.’s campaign in Uganda called “Kony 2012.” If you have not watched this video, I would highly recommend taking the…
Reprinted from the Scarlett Fever. I do not particularly like people being able to see though my clothes, nor do I enjoy being groped during a pat-down. Seeing as these are part of the United States Transport Security Administration’s standard operating procedures, I doubt you’ll find me on a plane to the States any time…