1+ day, 15+ hour ago  (427+ words) As 1941 ended, 1942 started with the Axis holding the initiative in the Mediterranean. Yet an unmistakable and permanent strategic pivot would occur. Despite the Axis Powers" early upswing and unrelenting air attacks, the Allies kept Malta supplied. With its key central…...

2+ day, 6+ hour ago  (162+ words) Major League Baseball banned Black athletes in 1880. Shut out of MLB games for over 60 years, these athletes built their own league, changing the game forever. The Negro Leagues formed in 1920 after Major League Baseball banned Black athletes, creating a space…...

3+ day, 12+ hour ago  (324+ words) Stoicism is a timeless philosophical school that can guide us in living a happier, more peaceful life, even when times are stressful. This does not imply passivity or indifference toward the world. On the contrary, Stoicism encourages active engagement with…...

4+ day, 7+ hour ago  (663+ words) The Explanatory Gap is the challenge of reconciling subjective mental experience with the objective physical processes studied by neuroscience. The Explanatory Gap is the "theoretical chasm" between private subjective experience and objective, hard brain science. A complete physical map of…...

4+ day, 15+ hour ago  (721+ words) On August 22, 1962, assassins ambushed President Charles De Gaulle but failed. These Algerian War veterans sought revenge for De Gaulle's perceived betrayal of their cause. For former soldiers to consider or assassinate a sitting president is an extreme act. Yet they…...

4+ day, 13+ hour ago  (705+ words) Albert Camus said of "The Stranger" that its anti-hero, Meursault, "refuses to lie," but in the novel Meursault lies a lot. What is going on? Camus defines lying as saying more than is true or expressing emotions one does not…...

4+ day, 14+ hour ago  (159+ words) Nietzsche's philosophy has completely broken out of the academic circles and become a part of pop culture, but is its representation in the media accurate? A brilliant German philosopher, Nietzsche became a professor at twenty-four before pursuing a life of…...

4+ day, 17+ hour ago  (463+ words) After a traumatic period under Communist rule, Albania is rapidly becoming a European tourist hotspot and welcomes travelers seeking to discover its diverse history. The so-called Tirana Castle to the south of Skanderbeg Square is located on the site of…...

5+ day, 7+ hour ago  (207+ words) Are we certain that what we know as true is actually true? Epistemologists take different routes when approaching this question. Epistemology is a branch of philosophy that investigates how beliefs attain the status of knowledge, rigorously questioning their justification, truth,…...

5+ day, 16+ hour ago  (711+ words) thecollector. com 7 Important Works of Chicano Art Chicano art grew up with the Chicano Movement of the 1970s. Here are seven exemplary pieces that showcase the artists" wide array of styles, themes, and mediums. - Chicano art served as a powerful form…...