Painting, sculpture, and other arts are often thought to be the storehouse of a society’s memory; how it felt to exist in a particular place in a specific time. Thus, art affects the artist and enthusiast alike; both experience their…
America’s Founding Fathers considered the First Amendment to the Constitution to be the most important paragraph ever written. In a few words, it guarantees the rights of the nation’s people to have free speech, freedom from religious persecution, the freedom…
Michelangelo’s Bacchus sculpture is a testament to the artist’s genius. It is a prototype of symmetry and balance that transcends the classical Greek style. No sculpture existed like this before, and it remains unmatched. The statue represented Bacchus as a…
Texas law SB-8 effectively makes all abortions illegal after six weeks, usually when a fetal heartbeat can be detected. With this law, the state’s legislature and governor effectively stepped on the 1st Amendment of the U.S. Constitution. Since the law…
Salmonella sweeps the nation, with thousands of Americans reported sick and hundreds hospitalized. A total of six multi-state outbreaks were reported last month. As the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) website lists over a dozen food cases, onions…
Marília Mendonça, a popular Brazilian singer, has passed away at the age of 26. The plane she was on crashed on Nov. 5, 2021, in Piedade de Caratinga, Minas Gerais, Brazil — north of Rio de Janeiro. She was born…
The COVID-19 pandemic has caused many unwanted changes to the way things run; including wait times in emergency rooms. Now there are mandatory vaccinations set in place all across the United States. This has caused many in the health care…
Charles K. Kao was a visionary who pioneered the fiber optic in telecommunication used by the internet today. He was an electrical engineer and Nobel prize-winning physicist. He passed away on Sept. 23, 2018, and was the subject of a…
I began watching professional football when I was about 10 years old. That was around 1956. I watched legendary players who paved the way for other men who make millions of dollars a year playing a game that began with…
Carrying extra pounds often inflames pre-existing medical conditions and negatively affects a person’s self-esteem. Unfortunately, after months of lockdowns, nearly 40 percent of U.S. adults gained weight during the pandemic. Losing unwanted pounds can be a challenge, but friendly competition…