The other day, I came across an interesting story. Before there was Silly Putty, there was Flubber. I dimly remembered the Disney movie, but I didn’t know that Flubber was ever a real product. It did the same sorts of things that Silly Putty does now, but it also gave kids rashes and sore ...
Let me tell you about curb cuts. They are the ramps where sidewalks meet roads. Curb cuts allow pedestrians to smoothly move from sidewalk to street and back without having to negotiate a concrete ledge. If you are old enough to remember, curb cuts were not always around. Disability rights ...
A 2023 report of the U.S. Department of Justice states that public trust in the federal government has been declining since 1958. Perhaps this decline is due to the rising epidemic of political lying in the government and media. Beginning in June 2023, the report found that only 1% of Americans ...
College degrees are taking longer and costing more than ever before. On top of that, most people who do earn a degree won’t be employed in a job that typically needs one within a year of receiving it. Despite this, most high school graduates are still going to college. Just over 40% ...
I’ve never been on an acid trip, but I imagine the experience is something similar to attending the live ballet performance of “The Nutcracker.” I don’t mean to make light of the production or my experience with it. Just the opposite. While there are lots of feats of humanity worth ...
As I stared through the viewing window at two massive, side-by-side piles of garbage and recyclable materials, the singular thought that struck me was, why is there so much cardboard in the garbage pile? This, of course, is precisely why the viewing window at the Wasatch Integrated Waste ...
