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Here is an excerpt from today’s post on my other blog. It’s a sizeable read, but a fun one. And, I broke it down into highly readable sections. I’ve been working on this one for a while. It taps back into my college interest in postmodernism—actually, I wrote my Master’s thesis on...

[The plaintiff, Yan Huang, is vice minister of China's Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development. Defendant, Wengui Guo, who also goes by Miles Kwok, has been described as a "renegade Chinese billionaire," who fled China and now lives in New York.]

From Huang v. Guo, 2019 WL 3206146 (N.Y. tr...

When you stroll down the street at 4:19 in the morning, and you suddenly stop—to look at two crows playing in a pine tree across whatever suburban street fate has stuck you on for the last year-and-a-half, there’s a history of crows, a tradition of crows, a discourse of crows that’s stopped you,...

BY SYLVIA KOHL

Students who are eager to explore their boundaries and expand their horizons are always looking for opportunities to apply classroom theory in the real world. With their impressive set of skills, these individuals should consider applying for external competitions to demonstrate t...

NOTE: This report should’ve already been filed a couple days ago but it sat unpublished in the draft folder.

So after the live show we played on the 5th of July, I forced myself into a guitar sabbatical for at least a week. Looks like that will turn into at least two weeks because my brain has shi...

This augmented reality app from Kennedy’s presidential library provides a unique view of Apollo 11 tied to the 50th anniversary of the mission.

Run time: 12:27

To listen use the player widget above, subscribe via iTunes, Stitcher, or download the episode here by right clicking and selecting “Save t...

If you haven’t seen this …. #Wordcrimes

Another day, another great piece on Longreads. This one’s by Laura Lippman, best-selling crime writer, in Longreads’ series about ageing.

I think when life gives you petit lemons, you should make lemonade — and refuse to share it with people who treat you rudely.

Ike���s Books, in Durban, is no ordinary bookstore. In 1988, with South Africa in a seemingly endless ���state of emergency���...

By Benjamin A.T. Graham | –

The ongoing trade war is the most visible front in America’s struggle with China for global influence. Oddly, it may be immigration policy, as much as tariffs and trade deals, that determines which country prevails.

That’s because American competitiveness in foreign mark...

50 years ago yesterday, Apollo 11 lifted off on its way to bring the first humans to the moon. A lot of things have happened since then, science has progressed, we now have a colony on the moon, the first men have stepped on Mars!

The future of space...

Simple Tips To Ask Anyone Out On A Night Out Together

Asking someone away on a date do not need to be nerve-wracking. The simple facts are that many solitary individuals would like to be expected off to coffee or supper, and can never ever think less of you for venturing to approach them.

Into the...

Partly a how-to guide on the nitty-gritty of writing, partly a collection of inspiration to set (and meet) ambitious goals, Brave the Page (published by Pen...

The next message in our Facebook conversation prompted a grin. She wrote, “I’m working on Bad Things, Small Packages, and I’ve got to go write a scene—paperwork for Brent.”

“Make sure you give him a paper cut.”

“I will.”

A second later, I added, “Make it two—with that much paperwork, he’d get two.”...

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This is Metzger’s usual fun and mayhem with a bewildered hero, who often sticks his foot in his mouth, trying to keep up with all the madness into which the heroine plunges him. Courtney Choate, Viscount Chase is a pure man. If a woman should save herself for marriage, then why sho...