Acclaimed novelist, essayist, and poet Margaret Atwood was awarded the 2022 Hitchens Prize. Her full remarks from the Prize ceremony can be read on The Atlantic’s website. By Margaret Atwood Having feelings was not a thing back then. We would not have admitted to owning such marshmallow-like appendages, and if we did have any feelings, we’d have considered them irrelevant as…
Read More Your Feelings Are No ExcuseBy Serena Williams I almost died after giving birth to my daughter, Olympia. Yet I consider myself fortunate. While I had a pretty easy pregnancy, my daughter was born by emergency C-section after her heart rate dropped dramatically during contractions. The surgery went smoothly. Before I knew it, Olympia was in my arms. It was the…
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Read More What’s On My Reading List (2/22)The Economist Brookings The Guardian Center for American Progress Wall Street Journal Council on Foreign Relations The New Yorker Cato New Republic Bloomberg (video) Foreign policy think tanks by political orientation
Read More Perspectives on UkraineBy Lynnette Khalfani-Cox March 25, 2022 Credit cards can be handy financial tools that build your credit score and tide you over in emergencies. But as life changes, so do your credit needs. But what happens to your old cards, the ones you pay off and toss in your junk drawer? Those inactive cards could actually ding…
Read More If You Have This in Your Wallet, It Could Be Hurting Your Credit ScoreIngredients 1 tablespoon olive oil 1 large onion, chopped (1 1/2 cups) 2 garlic cloves, minced ¾ teaspoon salt, divided ½ teaspoon pepper, divided 1 ½ tablespoons Worcestershire sauce ⅓ cup fat-free, less-sodium chicken broth 3 tablespoons ketchup, divided 1 ¾ pounds ground turkey, 97% lean ¾ cup dry breadcrumbs 1 large egg, lightly beaten 1 large…
Read More Turkey MeatloafBy Elaine Hsieh Chou When I graduated from college, I moved to Taipei to teach ESL. One afternoon on the train, I overheard two white men discussing Asian women with an unfiltered openness achieved only under the guise of total privacy. They’d assumed no one around them could understand English. By this point, I’d arrived at…
What White Men Say in Our Absence" class="entry-more-link">Read More What White Men Say in Our AbsenceIs prayer effective in the face of conflict? A military veteran explores how acknowledging everyone’s God-given ability to value and do good can make a real difference in hostile situations. March 15, 2022 By Josh Niles History has certainly included a lot of conflict and war. At the same time, there have also always been…
Read More Prayer’s immediate impactTOTAL TIME: Prep: 10 min. Bake: 1-1/4 hours YIELD: 10-12 servings. Ingredients 2 large eggs, beaten 2 cans (20 ounces each) unsweetened crushed pineapple, undrained 1 cup sugar 1/4 cup cornstarch 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon 1 teaspoon butter Directions Preheat the oven to 350°. In a large bowl, combine eggs and pineapple. In another bowl, combine sugar, cornstarch,…
Sweet Pineapple Casserole" class="entry-more-link">Read More Sweet Pineapple CasseroleBy Tom Huddleston Jr. Lookout, which makes cloud security apps for mobile devices, noted in a December blog post that, on average, 80% of consumers have had their emails leaked onto the dark web. You could easily be among that majority without even knowing it. Those leaked emails often lead hackers directly to your passwords for other…
Read More These are the 20 most common passwords leaked on the dark web — make sure none of them are yoursBy Gillian Brockell “We captured three Negro soldiers, the first we had seen,” Private Byrd Willis wrote on May 8, 1864. “They were taken out on the road side and shot and their bodies left there.” Coming across these lines a century and a half later was “a chilling experience,” Lambert said in a phone interview.…
Read More Three Black soldiers executed by Confederates are finally being honored in VirginiaBrierley Horton, M.S., RD and Lauren Wicks Reviewed by Dietitian Jessica Ball, M.S., RD 5 of the Healthiest Fish to Eat Atlantic Mackerel Salmon, Wild-Caught (including canned) Sardines, Wild-Caught (including canned) Rainbow Trout (and some types of Lake) Herring Read HERE for the rest of the list. Go HERE or HERE for additional information. [Question: Where’s the seafood I like to eat? Tuna, Catfish, Cod,…
Read More 5 of the Healthiest Fish to Eat—and 5 to AvoidLoretta Mary Aiken (March 19, 1894 – May 23, 1975), known by her stage name Jackie “Moms” Mabley, was an American stand-up comedian and actress. Mabley began her career on the theater stage in the 1920s and became a veteran entertainer of the Chitlin’ Circuit of African-American vaudeville. Mabley later recorded comedy albums and appeared in films and on television programs including The…
Read More What Do You Know About “Moms” Mabley?In the latest issue of Orion magazine, Lacy M. Johnson writes: When the next freeze or fire or pandemic or hurricane hits us, vulnerability will determine who gets to live, and who will die, and how. The disaster won’t be the weather, but the shape of the wound structural violence has already made. For better or worse, St. Patrick’s…
Read More Lessons from Irish HistoryI found some in my pantry and didn’t know if I could eat them or throw them away. Here is what I learned. According to Sarra Sedghi, writing for allrecipes.com, “Sprouted potatoes do have the potential to be toxic because of a chemical called solanine. Potatoes and other nightshades, such as eggplant, tomatoes, and peppers,…
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