Blog 3 Columns

What We Can Learn from Katy Perry’s Depression 0
- Culture
- July 27, 2018
Superstar Katy Perry’s 2017 album Witness sold “only” 180,000 copies the first week it went on sale. Expectations dashed, Perry fell into a depression. She explains her overwhelming disappointment, “I have bouts of situational depressions and my heart was broken last year because unknowingly, I put so much validity in the reaction of the public, and the
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My 25th Wedding Anniversary Is This Week. Here’s the Secret to a Happy Marriage.0
- Culture
- July 27, 2018
To commemorate my 25th wedding anniversary this week to my husband, Jesse, I asked readers on Facebook to share their own secrets to a long happy marriage. In short, the crowdsourced recipe for marital endurance includes faith, forgiveness, romance, kindness, selflessness, and a healthy dose of humor. A union built to last begins with a
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How Ideological Polarization Harms Society 0
- Culture
- July 27, 2018
I recently overhead a friend of mine disgustedly muttering at his phone. Contrary to what one might think, his disgust was not over problems with his hand-held device; instead, it was over a notification he had just received from Reddit. The notification explained that he had been banned from the board entitled “Black Lives Matter.”
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Could Britain-Style Healthcare Work in America?0
- Economics
- July 27, 2018
The Democrat Party has been shifting to the left on healthcare. A recent Gallup poll found that nearly 70 percent of Democrats favor a single-payer system. But the same poll found that when given the choice of “Favor,” “Oppose,” or “Don’t know enough to say,” a whopping 61 percent of responders chose the third option.
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A Code of Manhood for a Generation Suffering a ‘Masculinity Crisis’0
- Culture
- July 27, 2018
In June the Aspen Institute and The Atlantic co-hosted an event that discussed the “masculinity crisis” many young men are experiencing in America and Europe. While there was much disagreement as to what is the root cause of this crisis is and how it can best be addressed, the panelists agreed on one thing: a crisis of
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5 Ways My Life Fell Apart When My Smartphone Broke 0
- Culture
- July 27, 2018
You never realize how much you take something for granted until you lose it. I had a rude awakening to this truth when my smartphone decided to go on the blink a few days ago. 1. I was an hour late to work Unaware of the looming fate of my phone, I plugged it into
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3 Things You Need to be Friends with People You Disagree With 0
- Culture
- July 27, 2018
I spent the past weekend relaxing with old friends. While it was a busy weekend, we had plenty of time to catch up. Over the course of the weekend, we discovered how much we have changed in just a few years. We live very different lives and hold very different—I would even say opposing—views on
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Why Does the Battery in My iPhone Drain So Fast?0
- Science
- July 26, 2018
Why do batteries die? And, why can they only be recharged so many times before they won’t hold a useful amount of charge? My young son asked me about that years ago when his battery-powered toy car stopped moving, wondering about what he called an “everlasting battery.” And this same question has probably crossed the
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Want More Women in Technical Fields? Get the Government Out of the Way.0
- Culture
- July 26, 2018
A while back, a friend of mine was telling me how he had spent a fair amount of time doing some mechanical work on his car. Hearing this, I made a comment about how nice it was that he could pass this knowledge on to his sons. He smiled and said, “You know the funny
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What We Can Learn from Katy Perry’s Depression 0