Articles by Armon Owlia
Mar. 10, 2017
My life with Asperger’s
I was told six years ago that I had Asperger’s syndrome. Up until that point, I subconsciously knew that I was different in some sort…
Feb. 17, 2017
Defending the neurodiverse
It’s amazing when you look high up in our government how much garbage you can find. We have Betsy DeVos, who doesn’t know the very…

Feb. 10, 2017
Less PDA this Valentine’s Day
Well, ladies and gentlemen, it is that time of the year again. That time of the year where love is commercialized to the billionth power,…

Feb. 3, 2017
Making America divided again
Everyone said it couldn’t be done: there was no possible way that Donald Trump could follow up on his racist policies, including building a wall…

Feb. 3, 2017
TV icon, beloved actress Mary Tyler Moore dies at 80
Mary Tyler Moore, the television pioneer whose self-titled sitcom reinvented the role of women in comedy, died Jan. 25 in a Greenwich, Connecticut, hospital after…

Jan. 27, 2017
Frozen discussion, hot topic
Climate change is a term we hear far too often. It is also something we constantly witness and experience. And yet there are still politicians…

Jan. 20, 2017
Journalism or sensationalism?
It had been a brutal year-and-a-half of news coverage, filled to the brim with a constant, remorseless 24-hour stream of verbal diarrhea. The stories were…

Dec. 2, 2016
Working together to improve West Philly
I can remember, in September of this year, running along the streets of Center City Philadelphia for the very first time. The colors were bright…

Nov. 18, 2016
Giving Trump a chance
Well, I never thought I would ever be saying these words, but Donald Trump will become the 45th president of the United States this January.…

Nov. 18, 2016
RIP to one of the greats: Leonard Cohen dead at 82
He was, without doubt, one of the greatest artists of all time. Songs, such as “Hallelujah,” “Suzanne” and, more recently, “You Want it Darker,” became…
