Out of the two major parties of our political system, the Republican Party is the only which is completely divorced…
How to Choose Your Major
I have a neighbor in my hometown that I talk to a few times per year. Each time he…
Wine and Culture in Italy
Wine and culture was one of the two classes I was enrolled in at Lorenzo de Medici in Florence. When…
Florence, Italy (Part 3)
I have already gone in-depth about my first few weeks of living in Florence, but there are a lot…
“Guardians of the Galaxy” Review
Between “Guardians of the Galaxy” and “The Avengers”, both very similar films, “Guardians of the Galaxy” is now my personal…
“Hercules” Review
The biggest thing to take away from “Hercules” is that it does not completely suck. I was dreading a long and…
“Dawn of the Planet of the Apes” Review
As a technical visual film, “Dawn of the Planet of the Apes” is easily the best film of its class…
Venice, Italy
I took a train to Venice the very next day after I made an exhausting go of Rome. I did…
Rome, Italy
I did what few travelers or guides would ever recommend, and that is try to conquer the vastness of Rome…
Capri, Sorrento, Positano, Pompeii, and Naples, Italy
The weekend south around the Bay of Naples was a trip of entirely my planning. I had heard so much…
Florence, Italy (Part 2)
The weather in Florence the first week was very mild and sunny. Classes started up on Tuesday June 3rd, and…
“The Grand Budapest Hotel” Review
There exists no movie within recent memory that can match the level of creativity and original story telling which “The…
Florence, Italy (Part 1)
After just barely catching our train at Interlaken, Switzerland, we began south through small Swiss towns to the Italian border.…
Gimmelwald, Switzerland
The train ride from Stuttgart to Interlaken, Switzerland was the smoothest yet. We made one transition to another train while…
Stuttgart, Germany
We left Brussels on an early train we just barely caught going out to Stuttgart, Germany. In the train station,…
Brussels, Belgium
We left our Hotel in Amsterdam at about noon to grab a quick bite to eat and some wifi at…
Amsterdam, Netherlands
We flew into Amsterdam about 630 local time on the 22nd. We were in the air only about 50 minutes,…
London, England
We went through customs after our flight at about 9am London time. We made the mistake of not booking a…
We Deserve Better Media
I genuinely feel for the missing passengers of the missing Malaysian flight. But every day when I turned to CNN…
Let the People Vote!
It’s my personal philosophy not to make politics personal. I may thoroughly despise everything you stand for, but I won’t…