Madeline VanArsdale
Madeline VanArsdale is a linguist, writer, and editor with experience in content development, project management, and language studies. She graduated magna cum laude from Iowa State University with a BA in linguistics, specializing in teaching English as a second or foreign language. She is a contributing editor and author at the Observatory and previously served as fashion and makeup director for TREND Magazine. In addition to her editorial work, she also works as a visual merchandiser.
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Shooting at press dinner fuels conspiracy spiral as political distrust deepens
An attempted assassination charge outside the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner triggered urgent security questions, but the political aftershocks spread far wider, exposing how conspiracy culture, rising extremism, and collapsing trust are reshaping responses to violence in America.
Here’s how the World Community of Nations can force Israel to stop genocidal wars
World organizations have declared that Israel is the criminal country of the world. And, therefore, trade with it must be curtailed, and it must happen soon.
AI gives ‘problematic’ health advice study finds
The researchers found a significant gap when these tools are used to address real-world patient symptoms.
The Santa Ana by Joan Didion
Written by Joan Didion, The Santa Ana ("Los Angeles Notebook"/Slouching Towards Bethlehem) was published in The Saturday Evening Post in 1965.
The global war on terror’s journey home
The collective trauma of America's twenty-first century wars.