Decided to start your job search? The first roadblock that you need to jump is coming up with a perfect resume. Your resume is your number one tool that can open your doors towards your dream job. The stakes are high and hence it is no wonder that a resume refresh brings up existential angst […]
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90,000 Bhutanese Refugee Settled in US
The United States Embassy, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and International Organization for Migration (IOM) have confirmed to re-settled the 90,000 Bhutanese refugee, living in Nepal. US Ambassador to Nepal Alaina B. Teplitz in a press statement has been quoted, “The Nepali people and government have been very gracious hosts to refugees for […]
The Dangers of Bucking the System
We are in an election year where renegade candidates – candidates who seem to be speaking to the heart of the people – are the front-runners. And as the cycle moves forward, we are seeing more and more clearly just how discomfited the powers-that-be are with this. But this is nothing new. The Gracchi brothers […]
Media Darlings and Heroism
What if you could pick your own heroic quality? Would you choose the courage to save lives, or a special skill that might find the lost, achieve justice, or stop a war? Maybe these days it’s good enough to just be good looking, or have a camera stuck in your face all day. Is our […]
Faith Restored!?! … Sometimes.
A New York Times article by Sam Dillon in 2011 details how history scores among high school students had remained stagnant since 2001. According to the National Assessment of Educational Progress, only 12 percent of high school seniors sored proficiently on the test. Pretty good score if your goal is to get our young people to […]
3 Lesson We Should Take From Ancient Times
We have become a nation that in many ways eschews the importance of history. And in overlooking history, we also overlook the lessons it can and does teach us. The ancient Greeks, for example, lived long ago, but in many ways they’re just like us. Successes and failures, great inventions and disastrous wars, the people […]