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  • 10 Small Events that Changed the Course of History

    10 Small Events that Changed the Course of History1

    In his book Napoleon’s Hemorrhoids and Other Small Events that Changed History, Phil Mason documents dozens of small happenings over the centuries, many of which seemed insignificant at the time, that seemed to change the course of history. As stated in the book, one of its purposes is to prove that “…significant historical events are

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  • 10 Reasons to Doubt the Racial Explanation for Trump’s Success

    10 Reasons to Doubt the Racial Explanation for Trump’s Success0

    “White Supremacist America!” yells Counterpunch. “White Supremacists Bolstering Trump,” says AlterNet. This really is a “White Riot,” says Vox. That’s the opinion of the left for why Trump not only won the Republican nomination, but also seems poised to win the presidency. For years, the left has imagined the dominant swath of bourgeois culture to

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  • 10 Reasons the U.S. is Declining

    10 Reasons the U.S. is Declining0

    Is America in decline? That’s the position of Drs. Hershey Friedman of the City University of New York and Sarah Hertz of Empire State College. In their paper – “Is the United States Still the Best Country in the World? Think Again” – the authors argue that America’s ranking in the following 10 key areas

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  • 10 Reasons for America’s High Divorce Rate

    10 Reasons for America’s High Divorce Rate4

    It’s not news that U.S. divorce rate hovers around 50 percent. It seems more and more that divorce is no longer an anomaly – in fact, it might even be considered a norm. But have you ever wondered why the numbers run so high? According to Human Intimacy, by Frank D. Cox and Kevin Demmitt,

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  • 10 Rather Sobering Quotes from Joseph Conrad

    10 Rather Sobering Quotes from Joseph Conrad0

    1. “Being a woman is a terribly difficult trade since it consists principally of dealings with men.”   2. “It is not the clear-sighted who lead the world. Great achievements are accomplished in a blessed, warm mental fog.”   3. “A man is a worker. If he is not that he is nothing.”   4.

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  • 10 Quotes from the Most Popular TED Talk EVER

    10 Quotes from the Most Popular TED Talk EVER0

    Sir Ken Robinson’s 2006 talk entitled “Do Schools Kill Creativity?” remains the most popular TED talk ever. That should tell us something about the public’s desire to transform today’s education system.   Here are 10 thought-provoking quotes from it:     1. “If you think of it, children starting school this year will be retiring

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