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This Teen Earned Enough to Pay for College by Selling Newspapers 0
- Culture
- June 17, 2016
Most children these days expect their parents to pay for their college—either through savings or through co-signing on loans. But not Kevuntez King of Memphis, Tennessee, who was raised by his single mother. As People Magazine reports: “Every Sunday for the past four years, Kevuntez King woke up at 3:45am to stand on a Memphis,
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8 Truth-Bombs from Thomas Paine 0
- History
- June 17, 2016
1) “When we are planning for posterity, we ought to remember that virtue is not hereditary.” 2) “Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom, must, like men, undergo the fatigues of supporting it.” 3) “Where knowledge is a duty, ignorance is a crime.” 4) “It is error only, and not truth, that shrinks from inquiry.”
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Confessions of an Introvert 0
- Culture
- June 16, 2016
Being an introvert has always been seen as a challenge to many people. Despite the fact that there are millions of introverts in the world, many extroverts still look puzzled at us, shocked with our behavior and choices. However, we still enjoy their company and wish they could understand us better so to avoid stress and misunderstandings. So
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Jane Austen Vindicates the Rights of Women 0
- Culture
- June 16, 2016
Jane Austen’s Lady Susan is a wrecking ball in petticoats. The main character of the new film Love and Friendship, drawn from Jane Austen’s novella Lady Susan, is a widowed mother of a marriageable daughter. She is also widely known as “the most accomplished Coquette in England.” She has a married lover. She seduces wealthy young men
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Latin America: Way more violent than the U.S.0
- Culture
- June 16, 2016
InSight Crime is “a foundation dedicated to the study of the principal threat to national and citizen security in Latin America and the Caribbean: organized crime.” Toward that end, the foundation put together a fascinating chart comparing the homicide rate between the various countries of Latin America and the Caribbean. Here it is: Regarding the
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Alien Contact ‘Likely’ in 1,500 Years, Astronomer Says 2
- Science
- June 16, 2016
A Cornell student will present an analysis in San Diego on Friday that contact with intelligent life in our galaxy becomes likely in about 1,500 years. “We haven’t heard from aliens yet, as space is a big place – but that doesn’t mean no one is out there,” said Cornell student Evan Solomonides. “It’s possible
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