Is Immortality Possible?

By admin | December 1, 2015 |

Leonard Jones believed he was immortal. A would-be American politician in the early 1800s, Jones ran for President multiple times, hailing his “immortality” as his platform. According to Jones, mortality…

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Good Deals Gone Wrong

By admin | November 11, 2015 |

If someone were to offer you a “brand new” iPhone for $50, would you take it? What about $30 for a “genuine” Louis Vuitton purse? Maybe you’d jump on a…

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Failing Forward into Success

By admin | November 3, 2015 |

Thomas Edison was both hearing impaired and fidgety. He only lasted three months in school where his teachers said he was “too stupid to learn anything.” He was eventually homeschooled…

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Freedom Leads to Purpose

By admin | October 27, 2015 |

Frederick Douglass, African-American social reformer, abolitionist, orator, writer, and statesman, knew what freedom meant to him. He escaped from slavery in 1838 with the help of Anna Murray, a woman…

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Are You Quenched?

By admin | October 21, 2015 |

Did you know that you could die from drinking too much water? It’s hard to fathom, but the very liquid of existence—our life-sustaining fluid—can be fatal if ingested in large…

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If Only Macbeth Had Waited

By admin | October 13, 2015 |

Shakespeare’s Macbeth is a power literary character. More than his memorable lines (“Out, out, damn spot!”), he is a perfect example of a person whose success led him to a…

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