It’s just so exhausting to never feel like you’re never doing enough — If you’re anything like me, sometimes you want to get more done. Sometimes you beat yourself over the time you waste watching Netflix, sitting on the couch, and effectively doing nothing. Most people think I’m a pretty accomplished person. I’m the “get stuff done” guy at work, just graduated with…

Pennsylvania was known for being racially tolerant before Zachariah Walker’s horrific death — “For God’s sake, give a man a chance! I killed Rice in self-defense. Don’t give me no crooked death because I’m not white!” Zachariah Walker said before he was killed. Essie Mae Washington-Williams had a very difficult lineage. She was daughter of a Black maid in the South, but she…

It’s not loving God. And it’s not acting like a Christian. — I’ve been a Christian for the last four years. It has changed my life and faith has been the overarching guiding principle of my life. I’ve met great Christians who helped model God’s love and how I want to live my life. But…I have long been at odds with many…

Overturning Roe has made it a scary time to be an abortion provider in America — After the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade last week, it’s safe to say the right to abortion and reproductive health is under assault in America, as is the livelihood of abortion providers and everyone else who works in an abortion clinic. But the reality is the livelihood and safety…

Is the medication working? Or is it in my head? — Last week, a physician diagnosed me with ADHD and prescribed me 25mg of a nonstimulant drug, Strattera. It’s a very low dose to ease me into medication and, well, being diagnosed with ADHD for the first time at 25. To be honest, I don’t know if it is “working,” per…

The Supreme Court has lost legitimacy — In less than 24 hours, the Supreme Court not only expanded gun rights in a time America is reckoning with easy access to guns and mass shootings, but also overturned Roe v. Wade, the 1973 ruling that protected a pregnant woman’s right to choose to have an abortion. In a…

At the end of the day, he was getting the winner. He was getting a huge deal. — Local man, Paul Young, is a coupon connoisseur. He keeps every coupon from Burger King and McDonald’s that most other people treat as spam. But recently, he’s had a lot of trouble. Young does not make a single purchase without a coupon. He doesn’t purchase clothes online without a promo…

People are losing hope in Democrats’ ability to improve their lives economically — To say Democrats have a fatalistic view of the American Dream is an understatement. The American Dream is usually defined as the belief that America is a country where everyone can become rich, achieve financial success, and become upwardly mobile. They can come to this country as an immigrant, with…

If the government won’t help you, you adopt a hyper independent mindset — If you ask any American what their stereotypes of Asians are, it’s that they’re really good at math and work really hard. As someone who grew up in an Asian immigrant family, I will say it’s an unfair stereotype often used in the “model minority” myth that puts down other…