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From Reflection to Repentance
By Dinah Bucholz
The soon-to-be Roman emperor Vespasian was taking his time. It was the first century CE, and he…
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Folsom, CA: A love story (to the hometown I once knew)
By Sarah Norberg
Maybe everyone grows up underappreciating or even resenting their hometown. I distinctly remember complaining with my friends…
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The Harsh Realities of Legal Immigration.
By Yash Sharma
Regardless of their politics, everyone has a view on immigration. More often than not, people support legal…
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All the pretty hot dogs.
By Carl Crawford
For my tenth birthday, my grandfather got me the Ken Burns documentary, Baseball. I do not know…
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Why the gender debate should focus on the medicine.
By Anonymous MD
Editor's Note: This article is an updated version of a previously published piece by Anonymous…
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The good and bad with Tim Walz's record.
A perspective from a fellow Minnesota National Guardsman.…
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The trouble with open primaries.
By Bill Merritt
I grew up in Georgia during the Civil Rights era and have some experience with the way…
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What if we’re all partially right?
Or rather: most of us are partially right, but some of us are more right than others…
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Fish That Enter the Sea
By Elias Leventhal
The abysmal mental health of modern teenagers seems to be on a lot of people's…
A Letter to My Narcissistic Ex
By Maureen Elyse Gilbert
This essay was originally published on Marueen’s blog, “Notes from a Midlife Crisis,” and has…
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Terrorphobia
By John Randolph
When I was a kid, I was terrified of spiders.
My darkest moment came while on fifth…
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Show your face and say what you mean
By Mo Perry
This piece has been slightly edited from Mo’s substack, The Unfurling, where it originally appeared.
My…