North Korea’s Nuclear Testing

Earlier today, North Korea bragged about the “spectacular success” of its first ever hydrogen bomb test.  However, it still isn’t entirely clear if it actually happened.  The US doesn’t think it did, with White House spokesman Josh Earnest saying that the initial...

Star Wars and Its Influence

In the current age, fantasy and sci-fi has a major presence and influence in modern pop-culture.  Yet it can be easy for the millennial generation to forget that in their parents’ time, such a canon was hardly in the mainstream, with fantasy, sci-fi and comic books...

Winter Is Coming For Refugees

With the refugee crisis in Europe deepening, there are thousands of refugees across Europe that are currently homeless.  Since this influx is a fairly recent phenomenon, the elements have yet to pose a problem.  However, that could change soon; I recently came across...

Missiles Going Off Over Iran

As the world becomes more and more concerned about Russia’s intervention in Syria, two US military officials have said that four Russian cruise missiles launched from the Caspian Sea fell short of their Syrian targets and landed in rural Iran.  These errant strikes...

What to Expect in the Upcoming GOP Debate

Ahead of the second presidential primary debate tomorrow, Republican rivals are fighting with each other to seize the spotlight from Donald Trump, who is looking to find new ways to keep the attention on himself.  After rallying a huge crowd in Dallas, the billionaire...

The Digital Nomad

Many a Monday morning has been spent envisioning a secluded beach somewhere in Thailand, daydreaming about a lone table in a cafe in the cobbled streets of Paris or sipping a hot cup of tea on a crisp English morning.  Inevitably, however, you’re greeted back to...