The Spawn of Satan: A Brief History of Monstrous Birth in Literature and Film
Let’s face facts. Children, especially the evil ones, are scary. With their violent crayon drawings and sinister grins, evil children are the darlings of the horror genre. Evil babies and fetuses have...
View ArticleSo You Want To Go To Mars?
This year, a number of privately run organizations have been publicizing plans for manned missions to Mars, making the Curiosity rover feel undervalued and generally morose. But if you’re like me and...
View ArticleSigmund Freud and Cocaine: A Love Story?
Sigmund Freud’s cocaine use is old news. Freud provided extensive documentation himself, including letters, academic publications, and autobiographical material. He even left behind a small sample of...
View ArticleH.H. Holmes Is an Angry Ghost
America was an innocent place in the 1890s. A few years earlier in London’s Whitechapel district, an unknown killer called Jack the Ripper had become “the world’s first serial killer.” Jack the Ripper...
View ArticleMen’s Rights and Straw Men
I should stay away from Men’s Rights forums. The world is certainly full of well-meaning men looking for an open dialogue on gender politics. But their voices rarely appear in online Men’s Rights...
View ArticleNatural Born President Killer
Who was the real kingpin in the Harrelson family? Charles Voyde Harrelson, the father of Cheers actor Woody Harrelson, was a career hit man whose life story reads like a 1970’s cautionary tale about...
View ArticleNon-toxicants: Substances That Won’t Make You High
Remember those kids from high school who could make a bong out of absolutely anything? Those young MacGyvers who, having mastered the journeyman’s apple bong, had moved onto spring loaded, Rube...
View ArticleNow that you’re done with Halloween, here’s some boring information on the...
Arthur Miller’s 1953 play, The Crucible, is an American classic. The Crucible is one of the major sources of most people’s information on the Salem witch trials. As a work of art and a political...
View ArticleChlamydia Infection Devastates Australia’s Koala Population
We have decided to remove this post. The story of chlamydia’s damage to the koalas is an important one, and deserves to be thoroughly and properly reported with high regard to scientific accuracy. The...
View ArticleEverything you need to know about Paul Anka’s cousin and his...
Darryl Anka was born in Ottawa on October 12, 1951. He moved to Los Angeles as a child where his father, a nightclub entertainer, was expected to become the “next Mario Lanza.” Musical fame found its...
View ArticleHow to Be a Google Scholar
When Facebook friends get into inconsequential scuffles in the comments, there are a few basic directions the exchange may take. Name-calling, the least productive and most frequently utilized defense,...
View ArticleThere Will Be No Funeral for Fred Phelps
Westboro Baptist Church founder, Fred Phelps, died from natural causes late Wednesday night while in hospice care in Topeka, Kansas. Most Americans know Phelps as the mastermind behind Westboro...
View ArticleSmallpox Inoculation Debate of 1721
If you remember Cotton Mather from history class, you probably know him as the villain behind the 1692 witchcraft trials in Salem, Massachusetts. In fact, Mather also deserves credit as one of early...
View ArticleGame of Thrones Tinfoil Theories: Shocking Shockers That Will Shock You
*This article refers to the books as well as the television show. Major spoilers are marked in the section headings, but if you’re halfway through the books and you’re still invested in avoiding all...
View Article“Hot Convict” Jeremy Meeks Was Not Arrested for Sex Slave Trafficking
On June 18, 2014, the Stockton, California Police Department posted a photo of Jeremy Meeks on Facebook. Meeks is a local convict who was arrested on five weapons charges and one gang-related charge....
View ArticleTruvada, the Preventative HIV Drug
The preventative HIV drug Truvada, one of several HIV pre-exposure prophylaxes (PrEP) endorsed by the World Health Organization and the Centers for Disease control, has renewed discourse surrounding...
View ArticleThe Mysterious Origins of Vaginal Steaming
Hey, gals. Ever worry about your yoni, that nasty, carcinogen-ridden creature that lives between your legs? I know I do. After all, that thing must be loaded with toxins. Well, I have good news. For...
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