A hero and a coward have one thing in common... FEAR. The difference between the two is that a coward will do whatever they can to hide or mask their fear, whereas a hero will face it, knowing that...

Ever since I was in middle school and began to wear the hijab, or headscarf, I felt as though it was my responsibility to behave a certain way so as not to disgrace the very faith I openly represent. Attending...

Every year, there’s always a new smartphone game craze. Several years ago, it was Temple Run. Soon after that it was Candy Crush. This year it was Pokemon GO. Flappy Bird & Minecraft have also found...

It’s just locker room talk. That was Donald Trump’s response to tapes released last Friday that had the Republican nominee for President saying that sometimes you have to just grab women by their...

What is a Millennial? That seems to be a hot question right now. It is the new term for what was once Generation Y. A 2009 report by MetLife defined the generation between the years of 1977 to 1994. But...

When we have gratitude, we’re afforded perspective. With that perspective comes appreciation, and with that appreciation, we are afforded peace of mind. It truly is a sort of miracle. In my last column,...

What really is a dream? Merriam Webster’s Dictionary defines a dream as “a series of thoughts, images, and sensations occurring in a person’s mind during sleep.” I found this definition to be extremely...

Wisconsin has long been a state with two different identities. One identity consistently ranks the state among the best places to live, work, and go to school in the United States. It is a place where...

No intelligent, sentient being has ever journeyed into a recovery lifestyle because they thought it would be a better choice than whatever hellish life they were previously living. It just doesn’t...

There is nothing worse than turning on the news and hearing that a building was just bombed. A man takes a sniper rifle and shoots random people in the street. Or more recently, when a man shoots into...

Recently, I was working at one of my normal Monday night closing-shifts in the concession stands at the Palace Cinema in Sun Prairie. Seeing that it was a slow night, I was talking to one of my friends,...