See For Yourself — The last of them should be gone by now, Ernesto, the custodian, thinks as he turns the key and locks the suburban library’s two giant glass doors. The hollow clicking sound of the door latch in the empty soundless building gives Ernesto solace. At 35, he is in good shape…

Hard Learned Lessons — Catie Ehrlichman. She was beautiful and my best friend in high school. She died tragically in college. Looking back now, perhaps that sticky summer night in Morristown, New Jersey, was my best memory of her. It was August, and the muggy summer weather was just hanging on. The thought of…

“This is Edward Livingston.” “Edward Livingston?” “Yes, Edward Livingston, I live next door, and I am stuck on the roof!” Edward is startled when the woman hangs up, leaving him listening to the beeping sound of a disconnected cell phone. He immediately hits the redial button. It rings three times…

What do people say about you? It was dazzling when Meghan Markle, a woman of color, became a real-life princess. Okay, she was not exactly a princess; she became a duchess. But close enough. It was a fairy tale moment seeing Prince Harry bite his lip in awe at seeing his breathtaking bride for the first…

What will happen to human workers when AI takes over? — As an experiment, I asked the AI content writing software, Jasper, to write an entire blog post for me. It was during the Halloween season, and the post was about my fear of ghosts. The story Jasper AI spat out was flat and without personality. …

What’s in a Name? The Brand! — I was under the influence. Under the brand influence. Which brand? Tiffany’s. Marketed as a woman’s dream, the Tiffany blue box symbolizes luxury and prestige. A fantasy for those who can afford it or admire its beauty from afar. But is it accessible to the average woman? …

Play the game for a new life — The 2024 Green Card Lottery opens on October 5th and ends on November 8, 2022, at noon EST on the U.S. State Department’s lottery website. Each year the Department of State administers the Diversity Immigrant Visa Program for a class of immigrants from countries with historically low rates of immigration…

He proposed, but who is that other woman? — I never took my relationships seriously. Heck, I couldn’t imagine myself in a long-term relationship. I spent the better part of my life on dating apps. My favorite expression was, “Next!” A child of divorce, I was skeptical of love and marriage. …

The new book, The Last White Man: A Novel by Mohsin-Hamid is causing a sensation! It’s heralded as the best book of the summer by all the big name publications — The New York Times, The Washington Post, Elle, TIME, and more. The premise is a spin on Kafka’s masterpiece…