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Millennial Life: A Succession of Once-in-a-Lifetime Events May. 31, 2020
Nothing has made me feel my status as a middle-aged millennial quite like the increased use of a fac... Read More
Another Bad Mark for the Elites Mar. 19, 2020
Washington — There is a new book out that bids fair to win this year's J. Gordon Coogler Award... Read More
So Far, Youth Vote Is a Flop, Again Mar. 13, 2020
Young people could change this country. They have the numbers. In 2016, Americans aged 18 to 35 were... Read More
Plant Selection Mar. 11, 2020
This is the final article in a five-part series on houseplants for millennials. The best place for n... Read More
Plant Survival Feb. 26, 2020
This is the third article in a series of five helping millennials take care of houseplants. The trop... Read More
Plant Lighting Feb. 19, 2020
Last week, I mentioned the recent OnePoll that found millennials want to grow houseplants, but are o... Read More
Language of the 2010s: It Was What It Was Jan. 01, 2020
Well, that was fun. Whatever you call the past decade — "the Teens," "the Twenty Tens," "the T... Read More
Again and Again and Again Dec. 24, 2019
Memorizing the Middle English of Geoffrey Chaucer — as required in the senior English curricul... Read More
Mayor Pete Dares to Speak Love's Name Apr. 17, 2019
Mayor Pete Buttigieg is breaking American history. The young man, 37, from South Bend, Indiana, did... Read More
An Optimist in a Pessimistic World Dec. 20, 2018
I am optimistic about America's future. That simple statement typically elicits varying expressions ... Read More
A Look Back at the Words of 2018 Dec. 12, 2018
My goodness, what a year we had, With mayhem, storms, and fires so bad. Our language seemed to fall ... Read More
Could This Be Our Millennial Moment? Oct. 31, 2018
Every student who knocks on my office door on Kent State's campus has likely noticed the illustrated... Read More
Codger And Me Sep. 25, 2018
I'm a 22-year-old guy, but I look 14. Boomer co-workers often use me as an example of a bad millenn... Read More
Give Back by Doing What You Love and What You're Good At: An Interview With Katie Prentiss Feb. 21, 2017
Katie Prentiss is breaking the ugly stereotype that millennials don't care about their country. Thro... Read More
Calling All Millennials Feb. 17, 2016
What are millennials thinking? Every year, Beloit College offers a glimpse with its "mindset list,"... Read More
Underdog 1, Bully 0 Feb. 26, 2014
It's all too easy to find people willing to mistreat others because they can. It happens in restaura... Read More
