The Boeing Starliner, a once promising spacecraft, departed from the International Space Station (ISS) empty-handed, leaving behind its two astronauts, Sunita “Suni” Williams (58) and Barry “Butch” Wilmore (61), at the ISS
I watched the rain droplets slide down the window as I tried to ignore the sounds of the suitcases jostling against each other in the trunk of our car. The time had
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After three hours of work in the fields, we were exhausted. When we finished gobbling up our mega-sized second servings of rice, beans and chicken, my friend Gabriel and I promptly took
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Greece is widely acknowledged as the birthplace of democracy. In fact, many modern governments have drawn inspiration from the democratic system originated by the Ancient Athenians. This system, predicated upon the proposition
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The 2021-22 NFL season was one of the most exciting in recent history, from opening night between the Dallas Cowboys and Tampa Bay Buccaneers — on which Tom Brady led one of
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Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption by Bryan Stevenson has stuck with me since it was assigned as last year’s summer reading. I agonize over the fact that our criminal
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