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Seth Landman is an editor, writer, and educator. He has written about sports, literature, business, music, and pop culture for various outlets over the past two decades. Most recently, he was a Digital Content Writer for Ask.com. From 2007—2013 he was a fantasy basketball writer for ESPN.com. He edited the online poetry journal Divine Magnet from 2015–2017. He also has spent many years teaching high school English. He holds a PhD in Creative Writing from the University of Denver and an MFA in Poetry from UMass Amherst. He is the author of two books of poems: Sign You Were Mistaken (2013, Factory Hollow Press) and Confidence (2015, Brooklyn Arts Press).
Our desire to wonder about and explore the universe is ancient and endless. Even prehistoric cave art, in many cases, contains evidence of human curiosity about the cosmos. On the other hand, space travel is an extremely new phenomenon for us here on planet Earth, cosmically speaking.
What better way to celebrate the beginning of the 2022-23 NBA season than by taking stock before it all begins? Let's do that by ranking the 30 NBA teams from worst to best. These rankings are a snapshot in time; they're how we feel about these teams before any games have been played.
On Friday, June 24, the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) overturned Roe v. Wade . This came nearly two months after Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts confirmed the authenticity of a leak of Justice Samuel Alito's draft opinion on Dobbs v. Jackson .
If you've been paying attention to the news recently, you probably heard about the "Don't Say Gay" bill that Governor Ron DeSantis signed into law on March 28 2022. The troubling vagueness of the bill means lawmakers could impose enormous restrictions on how educators talk to children in kindergarten through third grade about sexual orientation and gender identity.
Over the past few decades, one of the few policy issues in American life that gets broad support across the political spectrum is early childhood education. Polling from January of 2021 suggests that the vast majority of Americans - 73% of Republican voters and 95% of Democratic voters - support making preschool education available to all three- and four-year-old kids at no additional cost to parents.
We’re taking you through the origins of the term “filibuster,” and looking at how it functions in U.S. politics today.
It features Stallone doing what he does best: playing a reluctant guy who ultimately rises to the occasion and overcomes the odds. Around here, we love action movies, and that means we have a soft spot for Sly, who has been doing this now for almost five decades.
It may seem overly obvious to suggest that losing on purpose - in any context aside from the occasional game of Candyland against a 4-year-old - isn't good. Sports provide a chance to see people who are great at something try to perform at the highest level of that greatness.