by James Curle | Nov 11, 2016 | Editor's Choice, People
010 The Electoral College fascinated me the moment I learned about it in seventh-grade social studies. I was perplexed that a system was intentionally put in place that stood between the American voter and the person elected their President. I was so perplexed, in...
by Hayes Permar | Aug 31, 2016 | Editor's Choice, Going Out, People
Some people read books. Others work out. My leisurely hobby is going to weddings. I think my highest number of weddings I attended in a single year was 12. (footnote: I actually was invited to 14 that year but two weekends were doubled up so I had to choose. Since...
by Tony Castleberry | Jul 7, 2016 | Editor's Choice, People
001 It would be more dramatic if my journey to sobriety started with some revelatory moment of clarity or a life-threatening rock bottom. The truth — the boring, somewhat gross truth — is that a chunk of earwax was at least partially to thank for my 33...
by Joel Orr | Nov 13, 2015 | Editor's Choice, People
I’ve thought about killing myself a lot within the last ten months. I even thought about it tonight, at a red-light on 401 to get onto 540, on my way back to an empty apartment, leaving my daughter behind at her mother’s house. From around 6:00 until 7:00, I...
