The Times

His childhood, though not always easy, was full of warmth and happiness from his best friend – especially at Christmas time. Buddy explains the regularity of his holidays, saying “It’s always the same: a morning arrives in November, and my friend, as though officially inaugurating the Christmas time of year […] announces: ‘It’s fruitcake weather! Fetch our buggy. Help me find my hat’” (Capote 1). His winters are always the same, and the consistency helps create…

create the earth. In the Bible, it declares that the earth and humans were created within a seven day period. Each day, it is said that a different aspect of the earth was created. The creation story of the Iroquois fails to specify a time period of the length of time it took for the earth to be composed. With that being said, it states that "a woman conceived and would have the twin born (Baym, Levine 23).”…

I read the post Like Sheep (May 26th, 2016), from Our Daily Bread on July 25, 2016. This devotion begins with a story told by a man, who had to take the sheep to pasture in the morning and evening. The sheep were unruly and would wonder off, he found them to be frustrating. He says he “…so I quite understand when Isaiah says, ‘We all, like sheep, have gone astray, each of us turned to our own way’ (53:6).” He goes on listing a few ways we wonder and I thought how do I wonder. Like his example…

After school everyday I would take the shuttle bus to Mountain Way Elementary to help a boy named Sylas. Sylas was in third grade and he has Autism which doesn't help him a lot socially or academically. He is exceptionally smart but he has a hard time focusing on his work. So at the end of his school day I would sit with him to help him stay on task, I would help him brainstorm for his essays, and read his books with him. When it got to the end of the year he told me that his birthday is coming…

because he has the money to pay the soldiers. Overall the benefits of setting a higher tax at the beginning will make the leader seem stingy at the beginning but will eventually make people perceive him not as so because he has all that he needs when the time comes. In the book The Crisis of Liberal Democracy: A Straussian Perspective by Kenneth Deutsch he says, “On ground of security for the prince’s reign; prudent self-restraint with no respect to robbing one’s own citizens is simply sound…

with regard to the era they presided in and the resources accessible to them, is simply remarkable. Their resolve to make sense of their chaotic world created the pathway toward present time scientific deduction and inferences. And it is for these very feats, are these philosophers are remembered from throughout time. While many of these philosophers…

you’re attracted to the future? Let’s hear as Nancy Situ explains her complicated relationship with the future in her essay “The Future is All I Think Of”. Nancy: I’m in love with him. Who do you ask? The future. Perhaps it’s hard to imagine a state of time as someone to love so let’s put him in simpler terms. Imagine someone that abuses you, loves you, scares you, but comforts you. That’s the future. It’s impossible not to think about him. He’s always there. He’ll be there tomorrow, the day…

Industries often find target audiences for their products, and the hosiery industry is no exception. The product itself is designed for women, yet the ads in the 1950’s were designed to make women desire a man’s attention. Models were often posed provocatively, showing that they could have that sexual appeal if they bought the nylons. Advertisements enforced women’s societal roles, showing that they needed a man to be successful. Eventually, this changed. In the early 80’s, the ads began to…

learned how to ski. I had been being harped on forever to try it. Skiing can be breathe taking, nerve racking, and fun all at the same time. For several years I have wanted to try it but deep down I was always way to nervous. Finally, I told myself you have to try it to know if you're going to like it. The day has finally come! I went running to my mom "The next time we are at Cuba Lake I'm going to ski." "Okay you can do it." She said Fourth of July finally came that day I knew I was going…

had to conceal the ice cubes that I got at 11 pm from the liquor store in the depths of my freezer. Throughout the day, I would have to hide my ice cubes in a hydro flask, and every time I had a drink in my other bottle, I would have to go to the bathroom in the sketchiest of stalls to fill up. Consequently, one time I went to Haight street and while at the corner, I was actually asked about the rubber band on my wrist because I looked extremely sketchy. This same guy actually ended up offering…