One argument I hear about why Islamist terrorists commit their acts is because the West interfered in their countries. Some examples I can think of: (1) our support of Israel; […]
Cecil Adams
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Did male dominance put a stop to worshiping female goddesses?
Before the Israelite god Yahweh really made it big, a bevy of other deities shared the stage with him
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So, the world is warming. How bad can we expect things to get?
The contemporaneous effects pale in comparison with what will happen on coasts, and particularly in coastal cities, if oceans rise to the extent of some projections
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Was there ever any determination as to the dangerousness of Agent Orange?
If it seems surprising that the U.S. has yet to fully flush a Vietnam-era toxic agent from its system, consider that nobody’s figured out how to get rid of Henry Kissinger either
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Service animals, emotional support animals, therapy animals–how are they different?
But if you say you use a service dog, guess what? That’s that.
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What can presidential executive orders do, and are they powerful?
As direct and functional as an executive order can be, its legal nature is surprisingly fuzzy
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Why do English singers seem to lose their accent when they sing?
What the authors found was the Beatles always tended to mix and match UK and U.S. consonants
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Is a border adjustment tax really just a plain old tariff?
Is a border adjustment tax really just a plain old tariff? What’s the difference between a border adjustment tax and a tariff? The New York Times says a BAT of […]
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Can a crazy president be removed from office?
I’m starting to see a pattern: it’s almost as though readers have suddenly become preoccupied with the notion of a president being psychologically unfit to serve
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If everything else is more expensive in Europe, why do we pay more for healthcare?
In the end, our health-insurance system doesn’t look too different from what you’d get if you’d set out to design one as expensive as you could manage
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How do we know poisons are tasteless and odorless?
How do we know poisons are tasteless and odorless? The recent dispatch of Kim Jong-nam by VX poisoning is all over the news at the moment, and reports invariably describe […]
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What do movie production credits mean?
Between 1994 and 2013, the average number of producers per movie climbed from 5.8 to 10.1