Social media provides a space for people to connect, to share what’s important to them, and to interact with the world around them through their computers. Unfortunately, it also provides a platform for bullying, bigotry, and hate. People with disabilities are already more frequent victims of bullying. Social media has made this problem even worse....
The average life expectancy in the United States is currently just over 78 years old [1]. Thanks to many modern inventions, humans today are living much longer than they did one and two hundred years ago. Some experts believe, however, that in the future some people could live to be 1000 years old. Sound crazy?...
You have likely used vinegar in your kitchen to dress a salad or maybe to make a quick pickle. If you’re a little more environmentally conscious, you might have used it to clean your counters as well. But have you ever considered using it in your laundry? Vinegar provides an inexpensive alternative that is healthier...
An Oenophile is someone who is a lover and a connoisseur of wine [1]. This is a person who not only loves drinking wine but loves to learn about it, try an unending variety of it, and of course, collecting it. So if they don’t already have a wine cellar, they want one. For many...
Little kids get cuts and scrapes all the time- falling off your bike is like a right of passage as a child. In the vast majority of occasions, the injuries from these incidences are minor and require nothing more than a band-aid. Rarely, however, they can escalate. In the case of one little boy, his...
Kathy and Brandon Gunn received one of those dreaded time-will-tell-when-to-open gifts at their wedding. Naturally, like the eager young couple in sizzling love they were, they thought Aunt Allison had left them a marriage-saving secret (actually, she did, but not in the way they expected). If I were in their shoes, I’d die of curiosity....
Teaching children consent at an early age is extremely important. They should know that they don’t have to accept hugs, kisses, or touching of any kind from anyone if they don’t want it. That includes family members. After an altercation between her mother in law and her daughter, however, one mom wanted to know: should she...
When you look at the Amazonian RainForest, all you see is dense jungle. In reality, however, it is full of people. These people include drug dealers, illegal loggers, and at least one survivor of an isolated Amazonian tribe. Under Threat Sadly, these tribes are under significant threat as industrial farming encroaches further and further on...
For millennia, humanity has sought after the secret of youth. As people age, they want to look and feel younger. While many of them will try numerous exercise routines or alter their eating habits, there’s a part of the population who seems to be anti-aging. Whether they work hard for their young appearance or they’ve...
Finding the right word to accurately express our emotions, particularly when we’re angry, frustrated, or stressed, can be difficult. In these instances, swearing can be very helpful with effectively getting our point across or releasing some pent-up emotion. Most of us are taught from a young age that we should not swear, as many curse...
We are often taught that apologizing even when you’re not wrong is the fastest and simplest way to maintain peace in any situation. We may be fully aware that we have not erred but just offering an apology makes us “the bigger person” and would potentially limit any future conflicts. This is probably helpful with...
If you’re like me, you cringe when you see people leaving the grocery store with a cart full of items in plastic bags. The problem is that even if these people dutifully dispose of these plastic bags in designated recycling receptacles, only a small percentage of it (up to 20 percent) will be recycled [1]....
