Even before the new year started I knew I wanted to meet more trans people.
I wanted to meet more people in general, of course, especially people my age. But I especially wanted to meet fellow trans people. I felt that was…
A man whose conviction invites reasonable doubt died last Tuesday. Marcellus Williams was lethally injected by the state of Missouri on Sept. 24, 2024.
Convicted in 2001 for the 1998 St. Louis murder of social worker and journalist Felicia Gayle, Williams spent…
In 2007, the very first iPhone came out. Now, 17 years later, not much has changed from the original model. With each new iPhone release, Apple faces the challenge of delivering groundbreaking innovations that justify the exorbitant cost of $800-$1000. The iPhone…
I’ll never forget my introduction to Caitlin Clark. It was the 2024 women’s college basketball Final Four. I was on my parent’s couch, and Clark’s Iowa Hawkeyes pulled off a massive upset against women’s basketball powerhouse UConn.
On TV, she was statically…
For this issue, production day — the time allotted for putting this newspaper together — was also the day following the second U.S. Presidential debate. This one with Donald Trump and Kamala Harris.
Newspaper production is, at times, arduous work. So, in…
My Tuesday started with a car accident. In my precious blue 2013 Mazda. Oddly enough, that was far from the most interesting thing that happened to me on Sept. 17.
Who knew this unfortunate event would lead to an encounter…
It’s been about a fortnight since Taylor Swift released her latest album, “The Tortured Poets Department.” It’s been almost three months since the album was announced and I began to call it her “Dead Poets Society.” I did this as it felt…
The twisted-up mind, fever dreamt with drink or un-anchored high, is capable of cognitively reconstructing any phenomena. Here, the event was a birthday— my 20th reconstructed as a microscopic “Fear and Loathing.” No Hunter S. Thompson. No drug-infused lawyer. No company. No…
The teen years are just one of a myriad of trials and customs that I confess I’m unaccustomed to generally, and those of teen girls in particular. Seemingly a millennia ago, I was a particularly dorky teen. This all but ensured I…
“Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire” opened Friday March 22, 2024. A sequel to 2021’s “Afterlife,” it continues the story of the Spengler family and teacher Gary Grooberson, played by Paul Rudd. This nostalgia-fueled offering captures the spirit of the franchise but fails to win…