10 Things You Should Know About The Real History of Christmas Christmas is a key celebration in the Christian Calendar, celebrating the birth of Jesus Christ, the son of God and savior of humanity. These days, however, Christmas is a lot more than ‘just’ a religious holiday. In the United States at least, it is… Continue reading 10 Things You Should Know About The Real History of Christmas
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What is Burning Man: 10 Things You Should Know About This Crazy Festival
What is Burning Man: 10 Things You Should Know About This Crazy Festival With every passing year, Burning Man reinvents and entrenches itself as a modern cultural buzzword. Freedom of creative expression, debauchery, radical inclusivity, problematic exclusivity; all of these things have recently been associated with the increasingly (in)famous festival. But the mammoth into… Continue reading What is Burning Man: 10 Things You Should Know About This Crazy Festival
Top 10 Reasons It’s Time to Abolish the Electoral College
Top 10 Reasons It’s Time to Abolish the Electoral College This November was no doubt an exciting one. For what seemed like an eternity, multiple candidates battled for the title of American President, each spending millions of dollars on campaign advertisements, media engagements, and travel tickets to proclaim their ideas and aspirations to the American… Continue reading Top 10 Reasons It’s Time to Abolish the Electoral College
10 Reasons Homework Should Be Mandatory
10 Reasons Homework Should Be Mandatory It seems we’ve entered a period in which the homework debate is swinging to one side once again. Calls for homework to be banned far outweigh those extolling its merits, something undoubtedly shaped by the negative personal experiences that many writers and commentators had with it at school.… Continue reading 10 Reasons Homework Should Be Mandatory
10 Things You Really Should Know About The Big Bang
10 Things You Really Should Know About The Big Bang Unless you grew up in the back woods with no access to books, TV or social media the chances are that you have heard of ‘The Big Bang’. We are not talking about the TV show (although we might do a list on that another… Continue reading 10 Things You Really Should Know About The Big Bang
10 Things You Should Understand About The Origin Of Thanksgiving
10 Things You Should Understand About The Origin Of Thanksgiving We learn about this most important of American holidays even before we are old enough to walk. Gathering the family together over a feast of turkey, pumpkin pie and other delicacies is one of the defining features of American life. As we grow older we… Continue reading 10 Things You Should Understand About The Origin Of Thanksgiving
10 Reasons Donald Trump Won the 2016 Presidential Election
10 Reasons Donald Trump Won the 2016 Presidential Election If you were like most people, you didn’t see it coming. However, 59 million-or-so voters who elected Donald Trump the 45th President of the United States were ecstatic the night of November 8th, 2016 when he was announced the victor. While the majority of people predicted… Continue reading 10 Reasons Donald Trump Won the 2016 Presidential Election
10 Reasons Hillary Clinton Lost the 2016 Presidential Election
10 Reasons Hillary Clinton Lost the 2016 Presidential Election There are quite a few obvious reasons that Hillary Clinton was unable to secure her bid for president of the United States. However, there are a few lesser known reasons, as well, all of which impacted the vote of millions of people across America. While there… Continue reading 10 Reasons Hillary Clinton Lost the 2016 Presidential Election
10 Reasons Race Relations in the U.S.A. are Better Now Than Ever
10 Reasons Race Relations in the U.S.A. are Better Than Any Point in History Racism is the thought that one person’s skin color, their race, or even their group, be it ethnic identity, national identity, or religious identity, is superior to others in the human species. Racism has been present in the American landscape since… Continue reading 10 Reasons Race Relations in the U.S.A. are Better Now Than Ever
10 Reasons to Divorce a Cheater
10 Reasons to Divorce a Cheater If you are a victim of an unfaithful spouse, there is no question that it is a devastating situation. In fact, you may actually feel as though your spouse has died when you discover their affair. This is a feeling that doesn’t go away quickly or easily. There are… Continue reading 10 Reasons to Divorce a Cheater