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I’m sick of seeing people use mass shootings as an opportunity for a political debate. Every time there’s a mass shooting, everybody gets up on a soapbox and starts screaming about gun control. If you […]

Giving blood saves lives. Did you know that you can save multiple lives with just one donation? Scientists can’t make new blood in a lab, but our bodies are constantly making new blood cells, so […]

When leaving your toothbrush at your partner’s house turns into moving into a small apartment together, or wearing their old sweatshirt turns into a diamond ring on your left hand, you’re probably ready to settle […]

Valentine’s Day has been celebrated for over a millennium. The holiday is often written off as an invention of Hallmark to sell gift cards, which is not unreasonable as they usually sell over 130 million […]

Last week, President Donald Trump’s refusal to sign the most recent federal budget extension whipped Capitol Hill into a frenzy. The government shut down for the weekend, and while nearly 800,000 federal employees were working […]

The recent false alarm in Hawaii has everybody spooked about a possible nuclear attack from North Korea. While the governor of Hawaii David Ige claimed somebody just “pushed the wrong button,” panic-stricken Hawaiian residents fled […]

At the close of 2017 and for the entire first week of 2018, the Islamic Republic of Iran was convulsed by a series of protests, the largest since the demonstrations against the results of its […]

Today’s political news cycle is so fast, chaotic, and hard to follow that it can sometimes be easier to give up and pretend that nothing is going on. Conversely, it’s just as easy to get […]

The First Amendment to the bill of rights reads: “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; […]

Two weeks after the deadliest mass shooting in U.S. history, officials have not been able to determine the motives of gunman Stephen Paddock. Paddock was not affiliated with any religious or political groups, and his […]