Break out your dancing shoes. March Madness 2018 is here. Beginning Thursday, the mania will commence. America’s productivity will falter. Attention spans will lapse. Water cooler talk will include analysis of Virginia’s “Packline” defense, whether Kentucky is the most dangerous team in the tournament, Villanova’s relatively easy path to the Read more
Already in 2018, there have been more than a dozen school shootings in the United States. We are only in March. In November 2017, a little over a month after the Las Vegas shooting, we asked “Where is the Outrage? A Call to End America’s Gun Epidemic.” Even though almost Read more
Life is like a funnel We’re all spinning round and round When you first enter, the world seems large When you hit the bottom, nothing can be found Choices, chances, dreams Flow up top like a powerful stream But once it funnels down You only hear one sound Your flow Read more
Silently present, welcome to stay Youngest of all, fortunate today It is great being the kid Expectations are small Cover your mouth with the figurative lid Listen, learn, and you’ll be the best of them all. They invited you in, but you must earn your stay Times passes quickly, Read more
You have probably seen him on Netflix’s Chef’s Table. Ivan Ramen lived up to the hype in the bitter cold that has plagued New York City and much of the northeast during the past few months. When Chef’s Table showcased this restaurant in my home city, it was a no Read more
The future of space may finally be here. From JFK’s famous speech challenging man to go to the moon (which PolisPandit wrote about here), to SpaceX’s recent test flight of the Falcon Heavy rocket, humanity may finally be moving forward in space technology after a long drought (and the end Read more
I recently interviewed for a job at a large financial institution. The firm was hiring in its Legal and Compliance department due to recent employee attrition in multiple areas. I learned this fact by asking questions I typically ask of prospective employers: “Is this a new position? If not, why Read more
**Update: Since the publication of this article, Edgar Martinez missed being inducted to the MLB Hall of Fame by 20 votes. For those sports writers who did not vote for him this year, please read the article below when considering whether to vote for him in his final year of Read more
We predicted this two months ago. At that time, PolisPandit wrote an article about one month after the Las Vegas massacre, and asked: where is the outrage? America had already moved on from the gun debate. We stopped asking how we could prevent another mass shooting, and instead proceeded with Read more