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Even the ancient Greeks thought their best days were history 0
- Culture
- June 28, 2017
This May, Greece’s parliament passed yet another austerity bill in the hopes of securing more European debt relief. For nearly seven and a half years, creditors have held the country in an economic stranglehold. Along the way, they’ve offered a series of lessons in adding insult to injury. Political cartoons abroad portray Greeks as lazy,
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Without the State, Who Will Handcuff Teens for Selling Water Bottles?0
- Culture
- June 28, 2017
Tourists taking a stroll around the national monuments this past weekend might have wondered what horrible crime was committed by a group of black teenagers sitting handcuffed and detained on the sidewalk. But while imaginations may run wild, the truth of the matter is extremely tame; the only offense these teens were guilty of was
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The 10 Least Intellectually Diverse Colleges in America 0
- Culture
- June 28, 2017
The most recent release of the Heterodox Academy Guide to Viewpoint Diversity at today’s colleges and universities reveals that many of the worst offenders, or those institutions with the least diversity of opinion on campus, are among the top 150 in the U.S. & World Report’s rankings of the best colleges and universities. Five
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Are You a Psychopath? Take the Test.0
- Culture
- June 28, 2017
Big Think, an organization whose mission is to help people “…move above and beyond random information, toward real knowledge, ” published a video on their Youtube channel entitled “Are You a Psychopath? Take the Test.” The video features Kevin Dutton, a British research psychologist at the University of Oxford and author of The Wisdom of
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10 Mel Brooks Witticisms in Honor of His 91st Birthday 0
- Culture
- June 28, 2017
Today is Mel Brooks’ 91st birthday. He was born as Melvin Kaminsky on June 28, 1926, in Brooklyn, New York. Best known for being an American actor and director, Brooks is considered one of the great comedic directors of the modern era. He has directed and appeared in such films as Blazing Saddles, Space
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Paddington Bear Creator Michael Bond Dies 0
- Culture
- June 28, 2017
Michael Bond, the creator of the much-adored Paddington Bear, died on Tuesday, according to media reports. He was 91 years old. Bond is famous for his books about a marmalade-loving bear who moves to London from Peru. Since Paddington’s creation in 1958, Bond had written more than 150 books about Paddington, had multiple children’s
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