Hopeful Little Things People Do

“We must accept finite disappointment, but never lose infinite hope.”~ Martin Luther King Last Spring I sorely needed a creative antidote to the enormous despair around me. At the time,…

Andrew Adetitun Successfully Funded His Book on African History. His Website Was the Launchpad.

Andrew Adetitun runs The King’s Monologue, a media network teaching African history to over 160,000 followers across different channels.  He noticed that African history wasn’t just underrepresented — it was…

Professor Kevin O’Rourke Receives Alice Murray Award for Economic History

Professor Kevin O’Rourke, from Sciences Po Paris and CNRS, has been announced as the recipient of the prestigious Alice Murray Distinguished Scholar Award. This award, presented by the Centre for…

It’s official: WordPress.com has a Claude Connector

WordPress.com has launched an official connector for Claude — the first of its kind for a WordPress host. This means that you can now safely connect Claude to your site…

What Studying Business Taught Me About Economics

When I was an undergraduate student and took my first economics class, I was hooked. But, rather than major in economics, I chose to major in business. That’s because I…

Great Writing Deserves a Spotlight: Freshly Pressed Is Back

Finding your next favorite blog shouldn’t feel like scrolling through an endless feed, hoping something good appears. And for creators, getting discovered shouldn’t require figuring out an algorithm. Back in…

15 Unique and Fun WordPress Websites to Inspire You in 2026

WordPress powers everything from personal blogs to large-scale community projects — but the most interesting sites aren’t always the biggest ones. In this guide, we’ve handpicked 15 unique WordPress website…

Deep End of the Pool

Daily writing prompt If you started a sports team, what would the colors and mascot be? I don’t do sports anymore. Not since I got divorced. Which I realize sounds…

Here’s One Absolutely Necessary Resolution

Thought for the Week: Here’s One Absolutely Necessary Resolution Why So Many New Year’s Resolutions Are Doomed Because they’re pie-in-the-sky (for diet resolution-ists, make that celery-sticks-in-the-sky); they’re not perceived as…

Applying Japanese Design Principles to your Writing

I recently came across a post on Threads about Japanese design principles. As I was reading, it occurred to me that these could be applied to writing as well. In…