Morning Stories

Every human shares this fate — and yet the whole world congratulates us for it every year. An essay about humanity's most universal black out.

Why is Canada renaming the Americano to Canadiano? CanaChris tells the story behind the viral coffee rebrand — from WWII history to 2025 politics.

"Who is the most interesting man in the world?" a friend asked me ten years ago. Hmm. What does he expect? Should I name someone? I stayed silent.

For a long time, Kurt had slipped from my memory. But here in 2026, he's back: Kurt Tucholsky, the passionate, pen-wielding fighter against war.

On the 115th International Women's Day: why women hold only 64% of legal rights worldwide — and why leadership belongs to the most competent.

A word. An idea. A necessity.

What exactly does this norm look like — the one that every person in a community is supposed to be, look like, and behave according to? The norm, or rather normality, is a chameleon in both meaning and effect. Come again?

Missing — the act of missing someone or something — is anything but pleasant. The emotional rollercoaster only helps so much when it comes to dealing with the experience of missing someone.

When your hair quietly fades into a socially acceptable shade of silver, you've officially joined the club. The silver-haired among us — all around the world — now have the chance to settle into a comfortable, worry-free life. Many do exactly that, provided the finances allow for it.

Around the turn of the 21st century, a few music enthusiasts got the blues. And they weren't about to let it go to waste. A stage had to happen. From a vague but passionately pursued idea, the Aurora Blues Festival was born.

"Stand up! Right now!" How can anyone resist such an enticing and friendly invitation? After all, it's not every day you're graced with such a request. And yet you do it anyway — that whole standing-up thing. Who wants to be known as someone who was "left sitting" or "left lying around"? Exactly.

"The whole thing is going down the drain. Because the thing is the prognosis." — Unknown

Art is Art. And Art means Art. Every single facet that artists shape, form, and live within their immeasurable imaginations.

Whatever happened to the days when that collection of fairy tales was called "One Thousand and One Nights" — and not "One Thousand and One Powers"?

"Hey, USA! You used to be a land of dreams. A land of unparalleled opportunity. A land of freedom. A land of movies. A land of diversity. What on earth happened to you?"

"She's giving him the cold shoulder." Oh really? If he's a gentleman, he'll put his jacket over her shoulder. If. Or if that same shoulder is still cold, then an honest apology is probably in order. Not to the shoulder, mind you. To its owner.

Oh my goodness. Yesterday she walked into my life. Full sail ahead, without any barriers whatsoever.

A tossed-aside word must feel pretty miserable. Before it fell into the void, it was a word with meaning, with purpose — fulfilling a role in the system of language.

It took a few centuries for these small, sweet guinea pigs to stop being embarrassed by their name. Back in the heights of the Andes in South America, they were called something entirely different.

"That's just my opinion!" Well said. It's someone's personal view on... well, on some topic or another. Having an opinion is one creative thing. Releasing that opinion to the public is another wonderful thing that democracy has to offer.

Domino, in and of itself, doesn't go in for showmanship-effect. Because domino is the effect — the moment things start to fall. All it takes is a single tile as the trigger, and the wall begins to tumble. Really, you only need a modest construction, seasoned with a bit of imagination, to build something elegant and evenly spaced. And then the domino effect simply takes its free fall.

There are words that don’t go over well—especially with the female members of the global community. Words that male participants should never—let me repeat: never—blow into the world without serious thought.

No, not just one. There are thousands—millions—more who keep on doubting. How did that old saying go again? “He who doubts, thinks. He who thinks, doubts.”

Not sure if “teambuilding” is actually an abbreviation. But if it were, maybe it stands for: “Terrific—someone else does it.”

It’s astonishing what this group of imaginative teenagers keeps coming up with. Their sole mission each day seems to be driving every authority figure they encounter straight to madness. They’re true pubescent creatures — and will surely go down in human history as The Unruly.