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• 10 Of The Most Impressive Old Aqueducts

  

  image credit Aqueducts were built to bring a constant flow of water from distant sources into cities and towns, supplying public baths, fountains and private... Read more

  The 16 August 2012 by   Gerard
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• Legitimating & Divining in Rome

  

  “Man is born free, and everywhere he is in chains.” With this famous sentence, Jean-Jacques Rousseau begins his masterful critique of political power. Less wel... Read more

  The 03 August 2012 by   Cris
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• Cosmic Consciousness

  

  Over at The Morning News, Tim Doody has published a powerful piece on Dr. James Fadiman and his lifelong psychological research into, and on, psychedelics. It i... Read more

  The 29 July 2012 by   Cris
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• The Evolution of Terror in Peru

  

  The Peruvian people have suffered through decades of terrorism. The initial bombing campaigns carried out by the Shining Path in 1980, in which dynamite stolen... Read more

  The 22 July 2012 by   Realizingresonance
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• Mormonism as Evolutionary Exemplar

  

  While teaching this past week, a curious thing happened: without having given it much thought, I found myself using Mormonism to illustrate all kinds of... Read more

  The 21 July 2012 by   Cris
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• Secret Cabinet War Rooms

  

  In Dollis Hill, North London, is a little-known and, thankfully, little-used bunker. This was the alternative cabinet war room: although its better-known... Read more

  The 21 July 2012 by   Carolineld
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• ObamaCare, Tyranny, and Social Contracts

  

  Photo courtesy of iStockphoto. Many Americans are dubious about big government, but the GOP, The Tea Party, and Libertarians have been the most vocally... Read more

  The 14 July 2012 by   Realizingresonance
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• Mormon Garmies & Ghost Dance Shirts

  

  Once we get past the sniggering, Mormon underwear (officially known to Mormons as “temple garments” and unofficially as “garmies”) presents a fascinating site o... Read more

  The 09 July 2012 by   Cris
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• One Flew Over the Cuckold’s Nest

  

  It’s the bane of manly existence everywhere: to be a cuckold. Or so the story goes. It seems to be taken for granted, in both evolutionary biology and... Read more

  The 04 July 2012 by   Cris
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• Crow (Absaroke) Shamaness

  

  Although there is a vast literature on ethnohistoric shamanism, not much of it discusses the way in which shamanic practice is gendered. This is an interesting... Read more

  The 28 June 2012 by   Cris
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