Big Ideas
Here you will discover a showcase of contemporary intellectual articles and subjects that shape overarching themes facing our world and challenge our individual perceptions and preconceived notions. Keep reading to discover topics ranging across all fields of human experiential existence and beyond.
A Dublin Fall in Fall
By Maddalena Beltrami In that brief moment of twilight, where the thoughts are as random and as powerful as can be, I think I have to tell my mother what happened to me. The thought is so real that when I awaken a few seconds later to the realization that,
A Dublin Fall in Fall
By Maddalena Beltrami In that brief moment of twilight, where the thoughts are as random and as powerful as can be, I think I have to tell my mother what happened to me. The thought is so real that when I awaken a few seconds later to the realization that,
That Quote Has a Ring To It …
By Robert Basler, On June 4,1989, the night of the Tiananmen Square massacre, I was in the Reuters office in Beijing, taking notes from our
A Very Kurt Conversation
By Robert Basler, “Indianapolis, Indiana is the first place in the United States of America where a white man was hanged for the murder of
Long Route to Beirut
By Robert Basler, Although it baffles me when I try to remember why this was, I used to enjoy occasional stints at the Reuters United
Traveling the World from My Sofa
By Bethany Browning, Sure, Squid Game is exciting, but have you seen those videos where people walk through a city for an hour? The concept
The Phenomenon of Internet 101-ism
By Nadia Schmidtke, An abundance of information within our reach is a dream that few could’ve imagined half a century ago. But how could we
Psychedelics and the Holocaust: A Journey Into Ancestral Memory
By Seth Lorinczi, My midlife crisis came a few years ago. It arrived right on time: I was in my 40s, married with a young
Daring to Not Have an Opinion is the Vulnerability We Need
By Nadia Schmidtke “All I am saying is that I’d rather give all that money to green energy research or something,” said my acquaintance. I
The Gabby Petito Case Highlights our Obsession with the Missing
By Leah Eichler When I was 12, my uncle spontaneously decided to whisk me and my brother away to Florida for our birthday. The plan
The Pandemic Taught Me I Don’t Need to Smile
I thought smiling made me a nice person. Not only was I making everyone’s day better by blessing them with an unobstructed view of my bright and shiny chompers, but I was showing them they matter. My smiling made others feel important.Then it dawned on me: My adult smiling was an offshoot of my childhood attention grabbing. Never was this more obvious to me than when I had to mask up for COVID.
Here you will discover a showcase of contemporary intellectual articles and subjects that shape overarching themes facing our world and challenge our individual perceptions and preconceived notions. Keep reading to discover topics ranging across all fields of human experiential existence and beyond.