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The smell of a baking pecan pie wafts in the air. The whistles of the referee and the screams of the fans can be heard from the football game blaring on the living room television. The table is set, glasses are full and the turkey…
“Doctor Strange,” in my opinion, is Marvel’s first step into the uncharted. Sure, “Guardians of the Galaxy” was a bold undertaking, but the concept of gods and aliens had already been explored in “Thor” and “The Avengers.” “Ant Man” may have given us a glimpse…
Evangelical Christians as a majority have been casting their votes for Republican candidates for decades. This is mainly because they are pro-life, meaning they are anti-abortion. They believe that life begins at conception and killing an unborn baby is murder in the eyes of God.…
Welcome home to the party that won’t blare racist comments and delete their emails! Just kidding, of course not all Democrats and Republicans do that. However, a lot of people feel something similar to this about our nation’s two most prominent parties. They are disappointed…
The 2016 election has been very different in every aspect. The media attention, the scandals, the popularity contest. Both major candidates in the presidential race would make history, as seems to be a primary trend in voting behavior. But, the future of the country depends…
Candy corn. The fall-time treat. The-gorge-yourself-until-you-can’t-possibly-stand-to-look-at-it-again, candy. George Renninger, a candy maker for the Wunderlee Candy Company, is credited with first inventing the tricolored candy. The Goelitz Confectionary Company later bought the idea and began large-scale production of candy corn in 1898. Seeing mass amounts…
One of my dearest friends in the world broke my heart the other day when she said, “Julie, I don’t like old movies. Especially the black and white ones. They’re so boring.” After I gasped all of the oxygen out of the room and warded…
If you don’t use social media, watch cable television or look at billboards as you drive, you may not know election season is upon us. Does it really matter whether you know or not? Our junior high Civics class taught us that the Electoral College…
Bonfires, which are popular nighttime recreational gatherings geared towards bringing people together with food, fun and fire, can be hazardous when done improperly. According to several sources, such as SafeBee, an online publication that specializes in safety, there are certain rules that, when followed, can…
“Trick-or-Treat!” is a phrase that will vastly be said in the days leading up to Oct. 31 as people dress in costumes, walk around their neighborhoods and go to parties for the overwhelmingly commercialized fall holiday everyone knows as Halloween. However, Halloween wasn’t always like…
“Any human being – no matter who they are or which side they’re on – if they need our help, it’s our duty to save them.” Khalid Farah, a former Syrian tailor, gathers a few pieces of wood and stokes a small fire in his…
Something we have all been forced to study since the mean, old lady in the eighth grade pointed a ruler at us was the Roman Empire. We read about Julius Caesar taking power from the First Triumvirate, Brutus leading the Senate in his assassination on…
