#Op-Ed

Nature has certain laws we cannot abscond from. The battle for survival in the jungle of living entities, set on thriving and reproducing no matter what, makes us prey to all kinds of enemies, mostly microscopic, that use us and hurt us, and often kill us. What we call diseases are nothing but tiny

We may look much younger than we really are. We may be in good health and show it. We may move briskly and upright… but we forget that when we speak, our vocabulary, our phraseology, give away our age. However this aging trait is not given much thought. I think it is relevant; at

Author: Katie Rothstein / Source: Vulture On The Late Show With Stephen Colbert last month, Ellen Page blamed Mike Pence and the Trump administration for the rise in hate crimes — like the one supposedly perpetrated against Jussie Smollett. Today, in light of the allegations that Smollett planned

Most of the time, when I meet someone new, they always ask, “So, where are you from?”Seems like an easy question, no? But for many of us the answer isn´t so simple. We can’t just say Iowa, or Cuba, or Buenos Aires. We can’t just say Kentucky.Ever since I was a kid I’ve had a hard time answering

At the young age of 16, I was a straight-A student, but I was also a wallflower and extremely shy. I lacked self-confidence and didn’t like my looks. Books became my best friends. One day a peer told me I better watch my thighs. She said they were getting big. Looking back, I can see there was not