We may be used to a democratic system where political dissent can make a valid contribution to society, but not everyone has been so lucky in their lives. Some of the most famous politicians and thinkers in recent history have been the victim of persecution and imprisonment for their political...
This sounds like a movie or TV show storyline… news broke earlier today that actor Jeremy London had been kidnapped and forced to do drugs at gunpoint last week. The outrageous story was validated later in the day when reports that a man was arrested for kidnapping the Party of Five/7th Heaven...
Calling a dictator crazy is like calling cat fuzzy. It's pretty much a given. Yet some dictators go above and beyond just genocide and repression, and travel so far into balls out madness that you have to give them some sort of credit. These 12 ruthless bastards not only ruled with an iron fist,...
Martin Luther King Speech - Beyond Vietnam Martin Luther King Speech Beyond VietnamNew York, N.Y.4 April 1967 Mr. Chairman, ladies and gentlemen, I need not pause to say how very delighted I am to be here tonight, and how very delighted I am to see you expressing your concern about the issues...
Stacy Schuler, an Ohio gym teacher at the Mason High School in Warren County, is facing charges for allegedly having sex with five students. Warren County officials have charged the nearly thirty three year old Springboro resident with 16 counts third degree felonies of sexual battery and three...
Several famous UFO encounters can be difficult to dismiss as swamp gas or weather balloons -- especially among claims of humanoid creatures. These fifteen cases can make even skeptics scratch their head.
Call it luck, determination, the power of love or a mix of all three; here are 15 inspiring examples of happy reunions of lost pets and their families.
Here’s a look at 15 of the verifiable stupid laws from across this great land, on all levels: state, city and county.
It is relatively expected from someone to give a tip to the service crew after having a meal at the restaurant. However, what is considered to be a “good” tip? The size of the tip is determined the type of restaurant, the number of people in your party and the quality of service you experienced....
The last hundred years have borne witness to humankind’s extraordinary technological advancements. Man has walked on the moon, ventured deeper into the oceans than ever before and even uncovered the building blocks of life: DNA. But even with our inexorable progress as a species there are still...
