Celebrities often endorse political candidates, leading their huge fan bases to support a particular person. For example, Pharrell Williams recently announced his support for Hillary Clinton on the Ellen...
Columbus Day is one of those holidays that doesn’t feel like a holiday. Banks are closed and some school districts acknowledge the day by not holding classes. Aside from this, the typical American doesn’t...
In the last week, I have watched a fascinating and rather perplexing exchange unfold between Amanda Anastasia Paniagua and Dr. Julio Cesar Pino. While Pino's response to Paniagua's letter is my focus,...
There’s a logjam in the 2016 presidential race, and it’s quite unclear as to when a true frontrunner will develop out of either party.As of now, six Democrats are officially running for the presidency,...
If you are not familiar with the term “polyglot,” here is my definition of it: someone who has advanced knowledge and is able to communicate in multiple languages. As a polyglot myself, this definition...
For a long time, Oct. 11 was one of my least favorite days of the year. Not because it is my mom’s birthday, but because it was National Coming Out Day, and I was stuck hopelessly in the closet with...
This weekend, hackers took over the library for Kent Hack Enough (KHE) – a 36-hour long hackathon where students built everything from games to automated coffee machines to compete for prizes.The event...
Our daughter Nancy had come up with some compelling reasons why she shouldn't accept Harvard University's invitation to become a member of the class of 1989."Harvard's too big," she had reasoned. "Everyone...
Photography can be a catalyst for some great relationships. Often you can tell how much one person cares for another by the way they position themselves when they’re asked to take a picture together.But...
Apparently, while promoting her upcoming film "Suffragette," Meryl Streep and her co-stars thought a quote spoken by her character, Emmeline Pankhurst, was totally within the realm of acceptable public...
This is probably a bit early, but it is the month of October, and this can be advice for the entire month. However, what I am about to say is pertinent information that could be used for any weekend.Kent...
California Gov. Jerry Brown passed a measure on Monday authorizing assisted-suicide among terminally ill patients.The law states physicians are allowed to provide patients with a lethal prescription. Patients...
