On February 9, 2017 the United States Government Ethics Office website crashed because it could not handle the volume of traffic on its page “after a flood of inquiries,” according to NPR. Surprisingly, this is not unprec...
I will forever assert that one of my favorite memories in high school was Challenge Day. I became closer with my classmates; I made new friends; I learned so much. One of the best lessons I’ve learned at Barnstable High Scho...
In the aftermath of a heated election season, we sometimes seem to forget that the words you say can hurt others, and impact them for longer than you’d think. I find myself fuming at those pleased with Donald Trump’s win, or those...
Most, if not all, of us know someone who has been prescribed a pain reliever. If you’ve had your wisdom teeth out, they’re probably somewhere in your medicine cabinet. And if you know anything about what is going on in our com...
While you might make fun of that cliché, “New year, new me,” many people take it- or at least try to take it- seriously. New Year’s resolutions can seem like a good idea at the moment, but some of us end up dropping the ...
The alarm blares five minutes too early, mocking with a song once-loved. Squeezing eyes shut and burrowing tighter into the last moments of peace, our stomachs drop, and the reality of the day ahead sinks in. One after another...
If you were to believe everything you read on the internet, you might insist that the 1969 moon landing was faked, that the CIA was responsible for John F. Kennedy’s assassination, that Paul McCartney died and was replaced...
