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Something’s Rotten with the State of Our Archives.
— By Michael J. Oghia
A future where phenomena affecting digital systems including link rot, digital decay, and fickle technological changes,…
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I Should've Voted.
By Kaila Colbin
This essay was originally written as a LinkedIn post by Kaila.
The year: 2000. The election: U.…
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Boycotting Bad Sandwiches.
Boycotting bad ideas from free spaces may end up building a platform for them instead.…
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Tangled up in Technical Support.
By Ben Meredith
In 2010, I was gainfully employed as an Evangelical Christian college minister in Raleigh, North Carolina. That…
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Hurricane Helene in the North Carolina Mountains.
How it unfolded from a radio operator’s perspective.…
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Power and Piety.
By Joshua Majeski
As an Evangelical Christian, I never thought hearing the phrase “Christ is King” would make me cringe.…
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From Reflection to Repentance
By Dinah Bucholz
The soon-to-be Roman emperor Vespasian was taking his time. It was the first century CE, and he…
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Folsom, CA: A love story (to the hometown I once knew)
By Sarah Norberg
Maybe everyone grows up underappreciating or even resenting their hometown. I distinctly remember complaining with my friends…
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The Harsh Realities of Legal Immigration.
By Yash Sharma
Regardless of their politics, everyone has a view on immigration. More often than not, people support legal…
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All the pretty hot dogs.
By Carl Crawford
For my tenth birthday, my grandfather got me the Ken Burns documentary, Baseball. I do not know…
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Why the gender debate should focus on the medicine.
By Anonymous MD
Editor's Note: This article is an updated version of a previously published piece by Anonymous…