Writings – Page 162 – US Represented

The Reintroduction of Wolves in Yellowstone: A Cascade of Events

Nonfiction, Writings, Writings / By a featured contributor

Beginning in 1994, wolves relocated from Montana and Canada began their reintroduction to Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming. This was initially an attempt to correct the extermination of native wolves over the last two hundred years, but something unexpected happened as a result. What followed from this reintroduction is termed a “trophic cascade,” or a […]

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Wedding Cake Wars

Analysis, Jerome Parent, Nonfiction / By Jerome Parent

I spent my 21st birthday in a bunker outside of Long Binh Vietnam. Not exactly ideal circumstances for such an important occasion. But I did have a cake courtesy of my mom. She sent a Betty Crocker yellow cake with a can of chocolate frosting. It hadn’t traveled very well and was a little stale,

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Silk Road Changes: Past, Present, and Future

Analysis, News, Nonfiction / By a featured contributor

Established around 220 BCE during the Han Dynasty, the ancient Silk Road boosted trade between Asia, Africa, and Europe. The cultural exchange that occurred between nations along the Silk Road generated great prosperity and economic growth. Now, the Chinese government plans to invest 40 billion dollars to reestablish the trade routes from the Baltic Sea

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Jeb Bush’s 650% Markup

Analysis, Jerome Parent, Nonfiction / By Jerome Parent

Sad to say, Americans have become so used to politicians lying that fact checkers now classify claims based on the level of deception involved. We not only expect our leaders to lie to us, but we cheer when their lies match our beliefs and boo when they don’t. The long ago hope that the Internet

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Bride Kidnapping in Central Asia

Analysis, Nonfiction, Writings / By a featured contributor

Anara was a teenage Kyrgyz girl with ambitions of a college education and a career of her own. She would have been the first in her family to pursue higher education, and one of the first in her rural Kyrgyz town. Just weeks after her 17th birthday, her close friend asked her to come along

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A Shadow of Doubt over the Elk River

Analysis, Nature, Nonfiction, Writings / By a featured contributor

The convenience of turning on the faucet and receiving safe, clean drinking is too often taken for granted. Many are so accustomed to the act that it would be gravely unsettling, at best, to find their water tainted with hazardous chemicals. That nightmare scenario occurred when tap water in Charleston, West Virginia ran pink and

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