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Category: Current Affairs

Announcement of the TikTok ban
January 18, 2025January 25, 2025 Matthew Arnold Stern

The TikTok ban

Sunrise over a suburban street
January 12, 2025January 17, 2025 Matthew Arnold Stern

What gives me hope

Antique hourglass and clocks
December 13, 2024December 20, 2024 Matthew Arnold Stern

Halfway between shock and horror

Reseda High School Holiday Concert December 1976
December 6, 2024December 13, 2024 Matthew Arnold Stern

The real “War on Christmas”

Jewish ghetto in Warsaw during the Holocaust
November 13, 2024November 21, 2024 Matthew Arnold Stern

The digital ghetto

A goodbye portrait
November 6, 2024November 13, 2024 Matthew Arnold Stern

Goodbye

This mug is better than a $100,000 watch
October 2, 2024October 10, 2024 Matthew Arnold Stern

Why a $22 mug is better than a $100,000 watch

The infamous free roll of toilet paper
September 9, 2024September 18, 2024 Matthew Arnold Stern

The risks and rewards of going viral

Man crying
August 25, 2024September 1, 2024 Matthew Arnold Stern

America needs a good hard cry

Vice President Kamala Harris at a Pentagon briefing
July 29, 2024August 9, 2024 Matthew Arnold Stern

Why I’m voting for Kamala Harris for president

A book bag from the Irvine Heritage Library
July 21, 2024July 29, 2024 Matthew Arnold Stern

A bigger book bag

Signpost with "Empathy" sign
July 14, 2024July 21, 2024 Matthew Arnold Stern

Only empathy can save us now

American flag flying at home
July 4, 2024July 8, 2024 Matthew Arnold Stern

This Fourth of July, we must stand together

Statue of Liberty
June 6, 2024June 20, 2024 Matthew Arnold Stern

Politics for “normies”

The Prophet Nathan Rebukes King David by Eugène Siberdt.
May 20, 2024May 22, 2024 Matthew Arnold Stern

“You are the man!”

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