“You’re fired”

I haven’t set foot on U.S. soil in almost a year, but that doesn’t change the fact that I hold an American passport or that I’m an American citizen. And English people seem to like to remind me of this fact. I move across an entire ocean, but the only conversation topics available to me...

Is a dying tiger ever fun?

Everyone knows that a beast is a beast no matter how much you beat it, so why do they try? Tigers, elephants and other animals that are used within circuses for our entertainment do not jump through flaming hoops, stand on their heads or balance on large bouncy balls because they want to. They perform...