“Tengo que ir hacer laundry, then I have to study en la biblioteca,” I’m paraphrasing what the Latina students in my college sounded like. My first real encounter with Spanglish speakers was in Minnesota. Spanglish frustrated …
July 24, 2026
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Spanglish – the natural offspring of a border town
IMAX or 70mm?
When was the last time I watched a movie in a theatre at 8 am? August 15, 1979, opening day for Apocalypse Now at Chicago’s State Lake. The two guys behind me were noisily downing a …
July 24, 2026
Fine for Hitler
Who was the first politically persuasive actor in Hollywood to openly ridicule Adolf Hitler on screen? Fredric March? Melvyn Douglas? George Murphy?Would you believe Larry Fine, aka the Stooge in the middle?Before The Three Stooges …
July 24, 2026
Alex Molinaroli: South Carolina sits at the cusp of opportunity to become America’s energy capital
For much of the past half-century, states competed for investment using familiar advantages like lower taxes, cheaper labour, business-friendly regulations, transportation networks, and access to markets. Those factors still matter, but one factor that is …
July 24, 2026
Why LIS Technologies and HALEU Demand Are rewriting the nuclear supply chain playbook
Modern nuclear energy is much different from what many imagine. Instead of creating blueprints for massive nuclear power plants, today’s engineers are designing small modular reactors (SMRs). These reactors require specialized, concentrated fuel, and the …
July 24, 2026