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We live in divided times, when the answer to the question 'what is reality?' depends on who you ask. Almost all the information we take in is to some extent edi…

In the New Testament, Jesus says it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God. In the United State…

Are most modern problems caused by selfishness or a lack of it? Ayn Rand, a Russian American philosopher and writer, would say it's the latter — that selfishnes…

Nancy Pelosi is the highest-ranking woman in American politics. She made her first run for public office at 47 years old and went on to become Speaker of the Ho…

There's more to Monopoly than you might think. It's one of the best-selling board games in history — despite huge economic instability, sales actually went up d…

It's 2074 and a ******* bomber has killed the President of the United States. Months later Marines open fire on protesters killing dozens. The Second American C…

What happens when an accident puts the public at risk? In the early hours of March 28, 1979, a system malfunction set off what would become the worst nuclear ac…

This year's Oscars were one of the most diverse in history, in all kinds of ways. Everything Everywhere All At Once swept some of the biggest categories, notchi…

The credit score: even if you don't think much about it, that three-digit number can change your life. A high score can mean the keys to a new apartment or a ne…

Depending on where you stand, Henry Kissinger is either a foreign policy mastermind or a war criminal. Some see him as a brilliant strategist who made tough but…