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In 1991, my best friend Bob and I saw Oliver Stone’s JFK and suddenly, we two Minnesota teenagers understood the TRUTH about that dark..

1. Accept that there is no God. One of the most basic arguments used to justify, if not the truthfulness of, then at least the practica..

This week, Slate and The New Yorker have been talking about linguistic research that insinuates that an indigenous tribe called the Pi..

Let people know when you’re passing. Zipping past someone out of nowhere is annoying, scary, and dangerous. Just give a shout: “on yo..

Global warming. At first, global warming seemed like just a long-term challenge, a problem for future generations to solve with their ..

As many of you approach your ninth birthday, I can’t help but think that how long you’ve been alive is a year shy of how long I’ve bee..

1. Communicate early and often. Know you’re going to miss class, or be late on an assignment? Confused about an upcoming exam? Say som..

Going into way too much detail about a topic that’s not closely relevant to the assignment. If the assignment is about Durkheim’s view..

DON’T: Be self-deprecating in a facebook post. The only possible results are significantly more un-satisfying than just having low self ..

If you dreamt about:

Losing a tooth: You are horrible to your body and you know it, you drunk. And you smoke way too much.

Hooki..

Today I taught some speeches and letters written by Queen Elizabeth (the first one, not her frumpier-although-probably-less-syphi..