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  • Did Bad Hemorrhoids Cause Napoleon to Lose at Waterloo?

    Did Bad Hemorrhoids Cause Napoleon to Lose at Waterloo?0

    Practically before the last musket had fired, people were trying to explain how Napoleon lost at the famous Battle of Waterloo. A theory that has persisted is that Napoleon was suffering from a bad case of hemorrhoids at the time of the battle, and this delayed his opening assault on the morning of June 18,

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  • A (Seemingly) Simple Way to Feel Happier

    A (Seemingly) Simple Way to Feel Happier0

    Doing good things for others, even on a small scale, seems to increase one’s sense of well-being and happiness more than things done to help one self. So concludes a new study in the journal Emotion (Nelson et al., 2016). Dr. Jeremy Dean at PsyBlog sums it up as follows: “…as people do nice things for

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  • Did a 15-Year-Old Student Discover a Lost Mayan City?

    Did a 15-Year-Old Student Discover a Lost Mayan City?0

    My friends and I would always talk about how much of the Earth is still unexplored and what it might be like to stumble across an ancient city or culture that has been hiding for centuries. I’m sure it’s been the dream of millions of kids around the world, especially with archeological icons like Indiana

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  • Why do Media Ignore Communism’s Criminal Past?

    Why do Media Ignore Communism’s Criminal Past?0

    It seems more and more Western leaders are going to Cuba to prostrate themselves at the feet of the ruling dynasty, the Castros. UK Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond went there on April 28, about a month after US President Barack Obama paid obeisance. Which raises the question of “why”? They hardly need Cuba’s vast wealth, which is

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  • Are We Failing to Teach Boys how to Treat Women?

    Are We Failing to Teach Boys how to Treat Women?2

    Over the weekend, I came across an interesting book entitled The Dangerous Book for Boys by Conn and Hall Iggulden. Recognizing that many of today’s boys no longer know how to do essential “boy things” such as tying knots, building tree forts and go-carts, or making other tools and gadgets, the book undertakes to give

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  • Why Not Polygamy?

    Why Not Polygamy?1

    As same-sex marriage became widely accepted in the U.S. over the last decade, a surefire way to increase the decibel level of a conversation on the issue was to bring up polygamy. Liberal and conservative proponents of same-sex marriage alike said opponents of gay marriage were relying on weak slippery-slope arguments (they often were). Lengthy

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