Tipping Culture Sucks
Assuming you have been to a restaurant, you have experienced U.S. tipping culture, which involves giving a tip for the waiter or waitress’s service, typically 20% of the total price of your meal. Maybe less if the service was mediocre, maybe more if it was exceptional. This tipping culture comes out of obligation, since it […]
Community Sports Need a Sliding-Scale Entry Fee
When you are a low income family and your child wants to play a sport you want to let them do that but sometimes those community sports cost a lot of money. Now I understand that a small fee is needed to supply uniforms, and other equipment but I don’t think that it’s the responsibility […]
Mid-Autumn Festival and Important Key Events
The Mid-Autumn Festival, also known as the Mooncake Festival, is a harvest festival celebrated in Chinese culture. This celebratory day occurs on the 15th day of the 8th month of the Chinese lunisolar calendar; this year, the holiday falls on September 25th. It is believed that the moon is at its fullest and brightest on […]
Have Streaming Services Ruined Television?
Since COVID-19, the rise in popularity and use rate of streaming services has skyrocketed tremendously. These streaming services have completely rewritten the rules of television, moving TV from a weekly consumed medium into a highly expensive, program-based television sold in overpriced packages. These changes have led to mass changes in the production of TV shows […]
Love & Ball: Progressing Against the Negative Stigma Surrounding Women’s Sports
Women’s sports has always had the negative stigma surrounding women being biologically weaker than men. “This isn’t the best we have.” “Men would trounce these women.” “Nobody would watch this junk,” people would say or think. People who claim others only want to watch the best of the best bother me because there are such […]
Trump launches State Controlled Media after Major News Outlets File Lawsuit
On Friday, September 18th, 2026, Donald Trump banned CNN, Politico, and MS now from the White House. Trump accused the organizations of writing “fiction” or “lies” about his administration. Reporters were denied access to the White House from Saturday, September 19th onwards The three outlets have since claimed they will sue and boycott the Trump […]
Trump Ad Controversy and How He Ignores Rules As President
On Wednesday, a television ad that was promoting President Donald Trump began airing on cable. The issue with this was that it was labeled as stating that the advertisement promoting Trump was paid for by the U.S. government. To explain further why this is an issue, there is a federal prohibition on using taxpayer dollars […]
Video-Game Music Deserves to Be Treated Like “Real” Music
When people hear the soundtracks of video games who are not gamers they don’t consider it music, mostly because it has no lyrics. But when it comes to music in a video game it really sets the mood for the game and sound design can make all the difference in a game. If the game […]
LA Clippers franchise left in ruins following Investigation
I’ve been a basketball fan for basically my entire life. I watch at least 85% of the games each season, and with the amount that I’ve studied this sport, you would probably believe I play it actively. And with that being said, I can honestly say I’ve never seen an NBA franchise so screwed and […]
The People Writing America’s AI Rules Need to Listen to the People Actually Using AI
As a creative person who works in the field of writing, whether it be games, articles, or even music videos I know that it is a hard market to compete against AI. That being said, I do use it to help me get out of writer’s block as a push to help me go forward. […]
NYC Marathon Route Changes For The First Time in 15 Years
The New York City Marathon is among the city’s largest events. New York Road Runners is celebrating the 50th anniversary of the five-borough course this year. It debuted on Oct. 24, 1976. This year’s race is set for Sunday, Nov. 1, kicking off on Staten Island at 8 a.m. The scale of this event results […]
Is Mochi Skin Replacing the Glass Skin Trend?
Korean beauty has established a decent foothold in Western beauty markets and online trends. That said, trends from other cultural beauty industries, particularly those from Japan, are gaining ground. The Mochi skin is just one of many Japanese beauty trends gaining interest within Western online beauty spaces, and it doesn’t seem to be going away. […]
