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By Cristin Marker “Despite spending more on healthcare than any other nation, Americans [insert negative fact here].” You’ve probably seen dozens of headlines starting like this over the last four decades. Maybe you blame aging boomers or unhealthy lifestyles for rising healthcare costs, or perhaps
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— By Michael J. Oghia A future where phenomena affecting digital systems including link rot, digital decay, and fickle technological changes, as well as more insidious attacks on archives via new regulatory and legal developments — such as the malicious use of Right to be Forgotten (RTBF) policy
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By Kaila Colbin This essay was originally written as a LinkedIn post by Kaila. The year: 2000. The election: U.S. President. The candidates: Albert Arnold Gore Jr. and George Walker Bush. I live in Florida, but I’m on the road for a work trip, and I haven't voted. The absentee ballot is kind of a
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By Daniel Herndon This essay has been lightly edited from Daniel’s blog, where it originally ran on February 26. Some of the most famous people in government these days are named Mike Johnson. It's a name that used to be the de facto eponym of a failed employee on the other end of the phone in a
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By Ben Meredith In 2010, I was gainfully employed as an Evangelical Christian college minister in Raleigh, North Carolina. That was such a rewarding and challenging job, not without its share of cordial-but-confrontational conversations; I was (vocationally) confronting students and faculty on a
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By Finley Gold This is a story of incredible tragedy — human resilience and frailty, heroism and kindness, confusion and commitment. I’ll review the Hurricane Helene response from the viewpoint of an amateur radio operator in the state capitol of Raleigh, North Carolina. We call ourselves ham radio
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By Joshua Majeski As an Evangelical Christian, I never thought hearing the phrase “Christ is King” would make me cringe. But in the last couple of years, I've seen this basic articulation of Christian faith used in a way that makes me feel a combination of anger, shame, and confusion. At this
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By Dinah Bucholz The soon-to-be Roman emperor Vespasian was taking his time. It was the first century CE, and he had instructed his legions to surround Jerusalem. When his soldiers grew impatient from inaction, Vespasian explained the long wait to breach the city walls: Jewish infighting had gotten
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By Sarah Norberg Maybe everyone grows up underappreciating or even resenting their hometown. I distinctly remember complaining with my friends in high school about the limitations of Folsom, California — a suburb east of Sacramento — where we had grown up in privilege: boring, upper-middle class
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By Yash Sharma Regardless of their politics, everyone has a view on immigration. More often than not, people support legal immigration over illegal immigration. Both sides also generally agree that highly skilled immigrants are a valuable asset to the U.S. economy. I would even say most people who
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By Carl Crawford For my tenth birthday, my grandfather got me the Ken Burns documentary, Baseball. I do not know why my grandfather decided that a Ken Burns documentary was an appropriate gift for a child; I assume it was something he thought he might find of use during his infrequent visits to
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By Anonymous MD Editor's Note: This article is an updated version of a previously published piece by Anonymous MD that makes use of footnotes. Scroll to the bottom to see the references. I am a physician, a husband, and a father. I am a religious man; my faith is at the very center of my life. I am