On an October night in 1998, Matthew Shepard, a 21-year-old student at the University of Wyoming, was beaten, driven to a remote field, tied to a fence and left to die. The cyclist who found…
Those mesmerized by NASA’s accomplishments and ambitions wanted so much more out of the reticent Armstrong. AP Photo According to a Gallup Poll from 1999, only 50 percent of those surveyed could even name Neil…
A bridge in Palu, Central Sulawesi, Indonesia, was destroyed in the recent earthquake and tsunami. AP Photo/Aaron Favila I’ve been visiting the city of Palu in Central Sulawesi, a province in Indonesia, for the past…
The statue of Christopher Columbus in Columbus Circle, New York City. Zoltan Tarlacz/Shutterstock.com In 1492, when Christopher Columbus crossed the Atlantic Ocean in search of a fast route to East Asia and the southwest Pacific,…
Most memoirs are soon forgotten. A rare exception is Anne Moody’s “Coming of Age in Mississippi,” which was published in 1968. It spoke to the day’s pressing issues – poverty, race and civil rights –…
An 1899 photograph of the pressroom of the Planet, a newspaper in Richmond, Va. Everett Historical/Shutterstock.com The internet has upended the journalism industry – and not in a good way. Over the past decade, over…
Scenes from ‘Grease 2’ that may have garnered laughs in the 1980s are cringe-worthy by today’s standards. Paramount Pictures I’m a film studies professor, so when I first saw an image of Supreme Court nominee…
The quiet consumption of news can sustain a polarized political environment. Lightspring Since his inauguration, President Donald Trump has been waging war against the American press by dismissing unfavorable reports as “fake news” and calling…
Some believe the color pink can calm unruly inmates. Others say it’s a form of humiliation. Mohd KhairilX/Shutterstock.com As an interior designer, I’ve long been interested in how different colors can affect our mood and…
To play disc golf, all you need is 20 dollars for a couple of discs, and you’re good to go. Jari Hindstroem Could disc golf become more popular than ball golf by 2028? Ask disc…