By the time this blog post is published, I will be a happily married man. On August 9th, I will be tying the knot with my partner of 10 years, John Hatchett. While our wedding ceremony will take place at the Borough Hall without much pomp or pageantry, getting married

One person’s empanada is another’s perogie, and while there are stylistic differences in its preparation, the idea of dough filled with tasty tidbits of meat, vegetables, potatoes, or other scrumptious savories is nearly universal, despite the numerous appellations applied to this cross-cultural comfort food. What do you call it? An

Or maybe a match made on earth, I am actually not sure, but I know that this is indeed a good match. In recent years, the work of many communities of faith in promoting HIV testing and prevention has been labeled by the media as a “ground breaking” tool in

Many Puerto Ricans like to joke with one another that any town there is, no matter how big nor how small, there is a Puerto Rican or two. Thus, whenever I travel anywhere I find myself constantly searching for the town’s Puerto Rican. It’s a hobby of mine, you could

President Obama nominated astrophysicist France A. Cordova to head the National Science Foundation.  I first became aware of this when I saw the headline, “First Latina to be nominated to head National Science Foundation”.  My first thought was, ‘What is the National Science Foundation?’ Turns out the NSF supports fundamental