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Thu, June 1, 2023 | 12:25

Between two texts

"Kindred," the widely popular 1979 novel by author Octavia E. Butler is an interesting text to analyze through the lens of literary theorist Trinh T. Minh-Ha's claim that "categories always leak," as this novel is built upon a narrative that spans and "leaks" across numerous areas, the most apparent of these categories including time, race and gender.

2022-12-25 16:30

At Christmastime, here's a way to help Ukrainian civilians under Russian fire

As Christmas approaches, readers have asked me how they can donate to charities that are helping Ukrainians.

2022-12-22 17:00

This Advent season, think deeply

"Waiting is an art which our impatient age has forgotten."These are the words a then-relatively unknown German theologian delivered 94 years ago this month in Barcelona, Spain, in a sermon for Advent - the four-week period before Christmas when Christians await the birth of their messiah.

2022-12-22 16:39

After relief work in Ukraine, Oswego woman battling a war against cancer

Nine months ago, as the war in Ukraine dominated headlines in its infant but still-brutal stage, Rene Koehler became Fox Valley's humanitarian face when she flew out of Aurora Municipal Airport on March 29 with more than two dozen large duffle bags filled with desperately-needed items she had collected for those fighting to protect their homeland against Russian invaders.

2022-12-22 16:35

Fusion energy isn't a pipe dream anymore

The timeline of history is etched not just by wars and revolutions but also by moments when science yields a discovery that forever changes the course of humanity.It appears we're at precisely one of those moments.

2022-12-22 16:34

More or Less: The legacy of my mentor, Dr. Doerr

In the 1995 film "Mr. Holland's Opus," Richard Dreyfus portrays a high school music teacher who, early in his career, confesses that he feels he is failing to reach his students and is basically wasting both his time and theirs.

2022-12-21 16:10

Twitter's silencing of Donald Trump

During the run-up to the 2016 election, Donald Trump used Twitter brilliantly. He had a talent for writing messages that were interesting or outrageous enough to cause TV news producers to drop whatever they were going to cover in the next segment to talk about Trump instead.

2022-12-20 16:58

World Cup is over. Debate should be, too. Lionel Messi is the Greatest of All Time

It is so incredibly rare in today's age of overhyped sporting events that a championship game lives up to its buildup. Sunday's World Cup final delivered - and then some.

2022-12-19 16:14

US-China conflict to watch is the Chip War - which centers on Taiwan

Most Americans are unaware that the United States is already fighting a war with China that involves Taiwan.

2022-12-18 16:30

For some teens, it's not happiest time of year

I am about to say something I ever thought I would say - I feel bad for Ted Cruz. The Texas Republican senator's 14-year-old daughter was hospitalized with self-inflicted knife wounds last week that the family, in a statement, noted weren't serious and that she's OK.

2022-12-15 16:50

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