It had been approximately half an hour, and “fast food” seemed a painfully ironic term for the type of meals this small chain restaurant was serving.
As with everywhere else in the South, time was at a standstill.
During the entirety of my trip to the South for winter break, we never once…

Hollywood’s halt nears a close as historic writers’ strike subsides
Summer blockbusters like "Barbie" and "Oppenheimer" took Hollywood by storm, but so did the 146-day WGA strike. After a long union strike that put Hollywood on pause — with major productions like "Stranger Things" and “Jimmy Kimmel Live” shutting down — studios are...