Hollywood plays an important role in shaping our perception of our place in society. Movies may also define our expectations about the…
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Humans have always had a close relationship with alcohol, and the United States even has a holiday commemorating the repeal of Prohibition.…
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Every empire falls. There’s no way to stop it. The only we thing can control is how it happens—whether it’ll be a…
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The world is full of things that people don’t like. That could be other people, ideas, art, food, and even facts. If…
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Despite what the media would have you believe, we’re actually living in the most peaceful time in human history. There’s no doubt…
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We live in a wondrous era. Hardships that once proved deadly to even the hardiest of our cave-dwelling ancestors are at most…
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Whenever a politician says or does something the other side doesn’t like, they are often compared to Adolf Hitler and his National…
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As history shows, we’re not nearly as smart as we think we are. Witch-burning, bloodletting, and eugenics are just a few examples…
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In 1949, Eric Blair, known by the pen name of George Orwell, published 1984; a novel that has shown its predictive power manifested in…
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Alongside diseases like cholera and smallpox, tuberculosis was one of the world’s biggest killers during the 19th century. Anyone unfortunate enough to…
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