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The singer-songwriter distilled the essence of the holidays into a hit song, and for her efforts she was crowned the Queen of Christmas.
Roughly half the world population, including in America, has insufficient levels of vitamin D. UV irradiated mushrooms can help.
What value does wit hold in genres defined by brute strength?
Released in 1972, “Ways of Seeing” has proven to be as worthy of study as the artistic traditions it investigates.
Why does hearing sad music feel so good?
Washington believed that particular Thanksgiving in 1789 was a crucial occasion.
When we are more focused on the good things we enjoy in life, we have more to live for.
A chemist explains the real reason your family dinner is such a risky ordeal.
The modern antiracist movement is harming the very people it claims to help, according to the linguist John McWhorter.
The decades-long conflict is best understood not through secondhand accounts of historians, but the primary accounts of people who actually experienced it.
The most momentous and significant events in our lives are the ones we do not see coming. Life is defined by the unforeseen.
The German thinker wrote both treatises and songs. He approached each form of expression with the same level of interest.
Discover the history of homemade sugar skulls, home altars, and fantastical spirit animals.
Growing up in the United States, I remember on Halloween my mother used to say, “Honey, this is not just a day for costumes and candy. You must also remember […]
There’s more to miracles than turning water into wine.
Today, alcohol is as important as candy to the Halloween economy.
The mad dog’s bite caused a hideous metamorphosis, which transformed its human victim into a nefarious monster.
Haunting photographs depict the dead as “still with us.”
The most unpleasant aspect of intellectual liberalism is that when speech causes emotional or mental pain, the offended parties are morally entitled to nothing.
The poisoned candy legend is just one way that American fears manifested: as an easily understood threat to innocence.
Music is often labelled a “universal language,” and according to the philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer, there is a good reason for that.
On Sept. 23, 2020, it was reported that black licorice was the culprit in the death of a 54-year-old man.
Going door-to-door on All Hallows Eve to beg for ‘soul cakes’?
William Shatner is going to space because Jeff Bezos loves Star Trek.
Societal breakdown, whether real or imagined, can lead to dramatic responses — like blood-sucking vampires.
In hell, we assume a position of moral superiority, looking down over the sinners and the poor decisions that led them to this wretched place. In heaven, Dante is looking down upon us.
The book Buddha Takes the Mound delivers an engaging and sophisticated account of Buddhism’s worldview through the prism of baseball.
Engaging in a brief mindfulness exercise made people who identified “I/me” words 33% less likely to volunteer.