How does your brain interpret different sounds as distinct words, instead of a singular mess of...

After years of internal debate, I finally got my first tattoo. He’s a small lizard, with a...

[Originally published in Synapse on May 28, 1999.] Five months ago, the Alliance of Middle Eastern...

Even the most callous version of me is not entirely comfortable with using the word “hate” in a...

[Originally published in Synapse on May 23, 2013.] Student health insurance premiums will increase...

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When the brutal apartheid regime of South Africa refused to heed the call from the international...

When the brutal apartheid regime of South Africa refused to heed the call from the international...

persevere years on end,

to Failure’s amusement Impious

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