Payday loans used to be rather popular for the prospect of "stretching your paycheck" but people quickly discovered that's not how it...

Jonathan Swift, author of Gulliver’s Travels wrote this book to be sarcastic. It’s supposed to shed light on issues of the human...

In the 18th century colonial America and Britain, indentured servitude was common and is often associated with slavery. This concept and...

Jonathan Swift, author of Gulliver’s Travels wrote this book to be sarcastic. It’s supposed to shed light on issues of the human...

People say that the Salem witch trials were a psychological event in our history books, mob mentality. But how true is that statement?...

Scientists such as molecular spectroscopists image biomarkers to study the molecular and chemical affects on deteriorating brains and the...

Jonathan Swift, author of Gulliver’s Travels wrote this book to be sarcastic. It’s supposed to shed light on issues of the human...

Different cultures from the past have built modern cultures, America being a more obvious example of a cultural melting pot. One of many...

Jonathan Swift, author of Gulliver’s Travels wrote this book to be sarcastic. It’s supposed to shed light on issues of the human...

America, land of the free. America, where free speech isn’t safe, a right to protect yourself isn’t safe, schools aren’t safe, and every...

Comus , was a Masque by John Milton. A masque is a type of play that was particularly popular in the years after Oliver Cromwell’s rule...

The Indigenous cultures of pre-Columbian America exemplify Thomas Hobbes’ theories about what life would look like without government....

Age of Absolutism 16th - 19th Century     The idea of sovereignty has been skewed over the years. How did this happen? Absolutism....

The High Renaissance ended with the sack of Rome in 1527. A few artistic movements followed this, which still affect art today. The...

Louis XIV      The War of the Spanish Succession was a problem for Europe from 1701-1714. Charles II was the ruler of Spain. Charles II...

An “economic miracle” occurred at the beginning of  the Cold War. America was thriving for a decade or so up until the 1950s. How could a...

Shakespeare sets the stage in the first few scenes of his play Hamlet. Hamlet the king has just died while his son, the protagonist...

In the second half of the Shakespeare play Julius Caesar , Brutus has already aided in Caesar’s death. Now what? Soon after Marc...

Bombing during WWII was happening after China refused to concede unconditionally. The popular opinion is that the bombing going on like...

“Et tu, Brute?” One of the most well-known examples of betrayal is when Julius Caesar’s best friend participated in his murder. What got...