The Big Question

From Cliff to Cliff

by Katie Hartman

“It seems as if it I am standing on the very edge of a cliff, not knowing when the next change will come about, and that I will be pushed over the edge only to find myself on the edge of another cliff.”
In a fast-paced age of technology, in the “city that never sleeps,” and

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Is it Just as Important to Learn How Others Celebrate?

by Elizabeth Berg

My dad steps out of the car, looks around at the surrounding stores, and grumbles. “I can’t believe how much this area has changed.”
He sighs. “When I was growing up, this was an entirely Hungarian neighborhood.”
My brother and I exchange amused smirks. Now it’s my turn to complain. “Seriously dad? We visit Grandma all the

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Does Competition Bring out the Best in Us?

by Ben Decker

A proverb states that “competition is the whetstone of talent” and Henry Clay said that “of all human powers operating on the affairs of mankind, none is greater than that of competition.”
On the other hand, it has also been said that “though competition brings out the best in products, it brings out the worst in

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