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Posted inBooks, Nonfiction, Story
To Heil, or Not To Heil, When Traveling in the Third Reich
One of the first decisions any tourist had to make when crossing the German border in the mid-1930s was whether or not to “Heil Hitler.”
Posted inHistory, Nonfiction, Quotes
They’re Good Mangoes, Mao
The fruit took on cult status in China after Mao gifted his workers a box of mangoes sent from Pakistan.
Posted inCurrent Events, Essays & Criticism, History, Nonfiction, Science & Nature, Story
The Return of the Face
Physiognomy is a discarded 19th-century pseudoscience. Why can’t we stop practicing it?
Posted inStory
No, I Will Not Debate You
Civility will never defeat fascism, no matter what The Economist thinks.
Posted inBusiness, Current Events, Op-Ed, Story
Pay the Homeless
It’s time to end the pernicious myth that giving money directly to panhandlers won’t help them.
Posted inNonfiction, Quotes
Open Burning: A Banned Practice That’s Poisoning America
Millions of pounds of toxic chemicals are poisoning people and the environment today in practice called “open burning” which was banned over 30 years ago.
Posted inEditor's Pick
Welcome to the Green Machine
After the author’s son found himself in a series of dead ends, he joined the Army for discipline and direction. What the boy found was something that his parents, whose family members hadn’t served in the military since WWII, were even surprised to feel proud of: confidence, career options, pride, despite their fear that he […]
Posted inNonfiction, Story
The Cowboy Image and the Growth of Western Music
How did cowboy hats and boots become the visual iconography of American rural music?
Posted inBlog Post, Nonfiction, Sports
Overseas Elite: The Team Dominating the Single-Elimination, Winner-Take-All Basketball Tournament
The Basketball Tournament has its own Golden State Warriors—meet Overseas Elite, a team of ex-college and pro stars who can’t be stopped.
