Tin Nguyen

Category: Editorial

  • The mint controversy

    The mint controversy

    In a world consumed — almost by the second now — with constant embattlement, I was surprised to learn another divisive affair involves a green herb and a processed brown bean. Mint chocolate chip. (There are many iterations of the novelty pair, but for my purposes, I am speaking of the ice cream variety) According…

  • A Crisis of Civility

    Compromise is not a measure that is easily digestible, especially when you’re right. You’d probably question the general who cedes ground while holding an apparent advantage. Perhaps that is why we feel compelled to indignantly buck against those who would challenge us, the heir apparent and chosen. It’s election season if my ambiguous analogy wasn’t…

  • A ‘new normal’ in the deep horizon

    A ‘new normal’ in the deep horizon

    At the time of this writing, the coronavirus is still wrecking havoc on U.S. soil and the country appears to have resigned itself to waiting for a messianic vaccine. There has been significant progress recently in terms of inoculation development — although when it comes to pharmaceuticals, standard procedure demands certain testing phases be respected…