Coco Chanel is currently a household name having shaped our perception of fashion for the past century, but her life holds many controversial secrets. Coco was born as Gabrielle in Saumur, France, whe...
Jason Howk’s Skeptics Talk: The Decline of Religion
Last Tuesday, Blair Academy welcomed Jason Howk, the founder of Global Friends of Afghanistan and the publisher of an acclaimed translation of The Quran, to offer an explanation for the slow decline o...
Keep Your Arse in the Chair: Colum McCann’s Writing Journey and Advice
On Tuesday, October 5, the great world spun as Blair welcomed award-winning author Colum McCann to a discussion with AP Literature students about one of his books, Let the Great World Spin (indeed), a...
Beyond the Trophy
The Dedicated “Three Shot” Routine Behind the Championship The Blair Academy Boys’ Varsity Golf team has once again proven the strength of the Blair athletic spirit, bringing their second consecutive ...
Sanctity Of A Mind
This is an opinion piece on the role of religion in humanity’s collective history. It is not meant to demean or diminish any religion; all of them are monumental pillars of human thought. Religion has...
The Rising Energy Crisis In the Middle East: and the Domino Effect
February 28th, 2026, A day many Americans have seen coming for so many years but couldn’t have predicted would have gone down on this day at 6:35 am, where Tomahawk missiles and Israeli bombers hit Ir...
BAGL
The Blair Academy girls varsity lacrosse team has been one of the most spirited and successful teams on campus this spring. The team is nearing the end of their season, with their last game and senior...
Peru
They say Peru is a land of gold. It is not. My shoes sink into mud still fresh with yesterday’s rain, or yesterday’s tears I cannot tell which. She pushes the wooden door ope...
I am an Atheist
My soles clink against the limestone, and I ignore the soreness rising in my legs from the winding staircase. I follow my mother, eyes lowered to my shoes, wondering why I chose this pair today...
Binge worthy Movies– What to Watch in the Cold
The first thing I do when I wake up is check the weather, Now living in Blairstown, I admit I probably should break that gut-wrenching habit. Because seeing weather in the negatives definitely casts a...
The Moon Between Us
It was a new day at Mars High School… and Theo Lumen was homesick. Theo Lumen watched through his dorm window at the endless red rock in front of him. Then the alarm rang throughout the dorms, and he ...
Galentines Are Rising: What They Reveal About People Today
Two years ago, if I typed “Galentines” on my computer, it would aggressively autocorrect it to “Valentines,” as if insisting that romance was the only recognized form of Februa...
The Fall of a Brother Inside the Paul Caneiro Case
The Fall of a Brother Inside the Paul Caneiro Case Before the headlines, before the fires and sirens, the Caneiro family looked like a suburban success story. Two brothers. Growing businesses. Big hou...