Star singer, actress, and comedian Bette Midler married her husband in Vegas, after only having known him for six weeks. But unlike other Vegas weddings, Midler’s didn’t end with a hangover the next morning – this year Midler and her…
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Since the 1970’s, Jadav Payeng worked hard to save his the place of his birth, the Indian island of Majuli. Over the decades, Jadav has single-handedly planted a forest larger than Central Park. Jadav’s forest has become a sanctuary for…
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Robert Pirsig’s “Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance” is a famous story exploring value, purpose, and satisfaction. It tells the story of the wisdom we discover for ourselves. I read it a few times in college, for both a…
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Americans have had a long fascination with witches. Popular television shows like Bewitched, Charmed, and Witches of East End (to name just a few of the many shows out there) often provide us with an enchanting escape from the mundane.…
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Unfortunately, it’s very common for money issues to cause undue stress in a relationship. Disagreements over “wants” vs “needs” and unexpected expenses often bring out the worst in otherwise-loving partners. After studying marriage for 32 years, Charles and Elizabeth Schmitz…
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Check out this amazing project put together by The Mrs., an al As reports abound of the dwindling population of Northern White Rhinos in Kenya (less than 10 are left), Michael ‘t Sas-Rolfes has a controversial theory about how to save…
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By now the affair that got Bill Clinton impeached is well-known. In the late ‘90’s, news of his relationship with Monica Lewinsky broke in the media over a period of months and then years. Before there were any social networks,…
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Is yours a lasting marriage? Unfortunately, many marriages end in divorce (although not 50%, as commonly reported). In order to figure out if there are any patterns among the blissful unions which go sour, researchers polled thousands of couples who were…
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“Net neutrality” has been a very controversial talking point over the past half-decade. Proponents of mandating and enforcing net neutrality argue that allowing internet service providers to provide different speeds of access to different customers will ruin the internet (or…
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Most people respect wise people – but never figure out how they became wise. While not every philosopher is truly wise, the practice of philosophy is very important to developing wisdom in life. Patrick Allan from Lifehacker shares five ways…
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