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stephen harlow
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  • The Boo Hag: The Thing That Wears You

    If you grew up anywhere in the southern reaches of Appalachia, especially along the Carolina hills, north Georgia, or eastern Tennessee, you may have heard warnings that never quite sounded like ghost stories. They sounded more like instructions, passed quietly and without drama: don’t answer your name at night; don’t follow a voice you can’t…

  • The Name Is Gone; the Mission Is Not

    Planned Parenthood has spent the last several years doing something that, on its face, looks like accountability. They removed the name of their founder from buildings. They issued statements acknowledging that Margaret Sanger held views that were wrong, harmful, and rooted in ideas that no longer belong in a modern society. They spoke about distance,…

  • White House Announces Withdrawal from International Organizations and Agreements Deemed Contrary to U.S. Interests

    Washington, D.C.; January 9th, 2026. The WHITE HOUSE announced that the United States is withdrawing from a number of international organizations, conventions, and treaties that the administration says are contrary to the interests of the country, framing the action as part of a broader effort to realign U.S. foreign policy with national sovereignty, constitutional authority,…

  • CDC Acts on Presidential Memorandum to Review Childhood Immunization Schedule

    Atlanta, Georgia; January 9th, 2026. The CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION (CDC) confirmed this week that it has begun acting on a presidential memorandum directing federal health agencies to review the national childhood immunization schedule, a move the agency says is being carried out through its established scientific and advisory framework, using the same…

  • Hubble Spots the Stellar “Wake” of a Hidden Companion Near Betelgeuse

    Greenbelt, Maryland; January 9th, 2026. For a star that has been watched, named, charted, and talked about for thousands of years, Betelgeuse still has a way of keeping secrets. The bright red supergiant sitting on Orion’s shoulder has dimmed, flared, and unsettled astronomers more than once in recent years, and now, according to new observations…

  • White House Says Trump Administration Is Putting Real Food First in Federal Dietary Guidelines

    Washington, D.C.; January 9th, 2026. The WHITE HOUSE released a statement outlining what it describes as a shift in federal nutrition policy, saying the Trump Administration is placing an emphasis on “real food” in the development and application of national dietary guidelines, with the stated goal of improving public health outcomes by prioritizing whole, nutrient-dense…

  • American Truck Simulator Has Quietly Become One of the Biggest Maps in Gaming

    There’s a funny thing about American Truck Simulator; it never announces itself like a blockbuster, never shouts about revolutionizing gaming, never pretends it’s doing anything flashy or clever. It just keeps adding road, mile by mile, state by state, until one day you look at the map and realize you could drive for hours without…

  • Hunting When the Woods Are Quiet: Reading Ground, Pressure, and Patience

    One of the biggest lies people pick up about hunting is that success comes from movement; more ground covered, more stands checked, more calls blown, more gear adjusted. That idea sounds productive, but in real woods, especially Appalachian woods, it usually works against you. Animals survive by noticing disruption, not by failing to notice it,…

  • Defense Contractor Agrees to $1.5 Million Settlement Over Non-Conforming Parts Sold to the Pentagon

    Washington, D.C.; January 6th, 2026. The United States Department of Justice announced that Teledyne Electronic Safety Products has agreed to pay $1.5 million to resolve allegations that the company supplied non-conforming safety components to the Department of Defense, conduct the government says violated the False Claims Act. According to the DOJ, the settlement addresses claims…

  • United Assault: Normandy ’44

    There’s a certain kind of World War II game that wants you to feel like you’re part of a perfectly staged moment; the music swells right when it should, the explosions happen on cue, and every mission feels like it was choreographed for a camera instead of a battlefield. United Assault: Normandy ’44 does not…