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An argument for compulsory national service.

A humble proposal to solve a problem we've all normalized.

A reader's custom methodology for predicting this year's Best Picture.

Cultural and Political Tolerance in a Mixed Relationship.

By Valerie Stunning This piece has been lightly edited from its original version, which originally Valerie Stunning originally published on her site in two parts. Countless first responders, firefighters, search and rescue workers, EMT’s, law enforcement officers, ER nurses and doctors, military members, and even a Homeland Security guy

By Chato Hazelbaker In their recent piece “What Critics Get Wrong About the Ivy League,” Jeffery Sonnenfeld and Philip J. Hanlon open, “Barely a day passes without colleges scolded in the headlines over admissions or athletics and endowments or education and expression.” They go on to describe what critics and

By “Leonard Johnston” Part 1: Who I Am For many people, thirteen feels like a special age. It is the burgeoning chaos of people coming into themselves: Most everyone is thinking about dating, who they like, and, well, everything in a classic coming-of-age movie. The difference for me, though, was

By Kristin Ohlson This article was originally published in the online magazine “Full Grown People” in March of 2022 (a totally normal time), and has been lightly edited from its original version. I first saw Frank when I was twelve, a jittery small-town California girl starting my first week at

By Rafe Gomez When selling products or services, sales professionals know that a close is made possible by proving that what you offer will deliver the promised results. Documentation that a product/service can successfully address a potential buyer’s needs, goals, and challenges can include statistics, testimonials, and case

By D.A.K. I have worked in home care for almost 10 years now, and I have been a billing manager for over three years. I have learned to become an expert at this stuff. I have seen the good, the bad, and the ugly when it comes to

By Clare Ashcraft My job is to seek first to understand, then to be understood. As a Bridging Coordinator and Media Analyst at AllSides, I am steeped daily in the best arguments on the political left and right, and I fervently believe understanding the other side is necessary to address