The Amazing History Of Christmas Do you know where the idea of stocking stuffers comes from? Or how lights found their way onto the Christmas tree? Or why do we all have the jolly, red-suited, white-haired image of Santa Claus in our heads? In this video, historian William Federer explores the holiday’s rich and unique […]
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The Magic Box In the early 50s, a fifteen-year-old Amish boy accompanied his father to a recently opened mall in a nearby town. They were amazed by almost everything they saw, but especially by two shiny, silver walls that moved apart and then slid back together again. The boy asked, ‘What is this, Father?’ The
Every Day Since She Could Walk, This Little Girl Waits for Sisters to Get Off School Bus BY ANNA MASON Every day, come rain or shine, little Loxley Whitsett waits for her two big sisters to get off the school bus. And every time they come down the steps, she goes running to meet them with
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The Left Has an Authoritarian Problem, But Doesn’t Know It By Luke Conway In the movie The Avengers, Loki—playing the part of the consummate authoritarian leader—orders a group of average Germans to kneel before him. It seems to work, as almost everyone complies. But one solitary man refuses, saying that he will “not [kneel] to
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The Tree Of Life This particular Sitka spruce is growing on the edge of bluff overlooking the beach. A stream has chosen the same location to reach the beach and is slowly eroding away the soil beneath the tree. The end result is a mature Sitka spruce, green with life yet dangling precariously in mid