I’m in the middle of giving a lesson about the Cold War to my 7 th grade class when a student returns from the restroom, her face pale. “Hey, Teacher,” she says, “Someone wrote that there’s gonna be a ...

It was a Friday morning and I happened to be drinking vodka. I don’t even drink, but I’d just closed a deal with the CEO of a Mongolian hedge fund and he insisted on drinking shots to celebrate. From ...

How did you get your job? My friend who also works at FIU showed me the job listing. Knowing that I wanted to work here and in graphic design, I sent in my cover letter and resume, did phone and ...

When I first started covering Mississippi State football and head coach Mike Leach, I didn't know quite what I was getting myself into. To be fair, I didn't know what it was like to cover a sporting ...

Four years ago, I got my first assignment from Slate: writing a review of The Wrestler. I loved the movie, but I was far less enthusiastic about what Sports Illustrated’s Adam Duerson wrote after ...

The work of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is wide-ranging. As someone with less than a year on the job, nearly everything I encounter is new. Each project and job site visit brings a sense of ...

On my first day as a disaster preparedness officer at my first assignment in the Air Force, I spent the night in a sleeping bag in the Adirondacks at a crash site investigation. Two A-10 Warthogs had ...

View post: Chairlift Chatter: How to Find Dopamine When Your Off-Season Won't End Passport is an online department featuring stories from the road. This one told by features editor Porter Fox about ...