Jay Evensen

You may have noticed the commercials during your favorite sporting events. A company called Kalshi is urging you to gamble on an endless array of things, especially sports-related events, using a motto such as “Kalshi. The world’s gone mad, trade it.” I h... See more

Most of the inventions we enjoy every day are just better-engineered versions of something invented between 1880 and 1920), a time that saw the introduction of electric lightbulbs, cars, airplanes, radios, telephones, typewriters, vacuum cleaners, cameras... See more

“Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.” — Martin Luther King Jr. Ahmed el Ahmed may not fit everyone’s definition of light in a hyper-partisan, make-everything-fit-the-narrative worl... See more

The recent NBC televised discussion between Utah Gov. Spencer Cox and Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro wasn’t the first attempt to bridge the political civility gap on television. A few years ago, then-Sen. Jeff Flake of Arizona, a Republican, invited Democ... See more

In my public school years, I knew a guy who was a year older than me. We were in the same class because somewhere in the early grades, he had been held back a year. I was aware of this, although I can no longer remember how I knew it. I didn’t know the ex... See more