People have always been afraid of things they don’t understand. They’ve made many dire predictions of doom and gloom. Thankfully, most of those turn out to be wrong. Hopefully that will be the case with the Large Hadron Collider.
When the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) begins smashing protons together this fall inside its 17-mile- (27-kilometer-) circumference [...]

Wordsmith at War is the winner of my first ever essay contest, but there were several good entries. I’m posting the winning entry below and will post the runner-ups over the next two days, so check back:
Why am I here?
I’m in Iraq because I raised my hand and swore to defend my country against all [...]