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Why the Philosophers Libertarians Love Always Come Out Worse for Wear

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In the Middle Ages, Botched Executions Were a Sign

Sara McDougall and David Perry

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My Great-Uncle’s World War II Story Isn’t Something My Jewish Family Likes to Discuss

Flora Cassen

Nov 29, 2022 5:50 AM

Guess Which Brand Popularized Pecan Pie

Rossi Anastopoulo

Nov 24, 2022 5:45 AM

The Failed Plot to Kill 6 Million Germans in the Wake of WWII

Daniel Kraft

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He Wasn’t Like the Other New England “Witches.” His Story Explains a Lot.

Colin Dickey

Oct 31, 2022 4:38 PM

All the Times People Have Shot, Puked Upon, and Meat-Cleavered Famous Paintings to Make a Point

Erin L. Thompson

Oct 28, 2022 5:40 AM

Why the Founding Generation Fell So Hard for the Illuminati Story

Jordan E. Taylor

Oct 24, 2022 5:40 AM

What Being Unpopular Does to a First-Term President

Alexis Coe

Oct 03, 2022 5:45 AM

The Tragic Case of Poisoning That Finally Got Us Safe Drugs

Mikkael A. Sekeres

Oct 01, 2022 9:00 AM

Once Upon a Time, “Waitress” Was a Union Job. Could History Repeat Itself?

Haley Hamilton

Sept 20, 2022 3:06 PM

Here We Go Again With This “300” Crap

Myke Cole

Sept 15, 2022 1:53 PM

“Shrinkflation” Is As Old As the Hills

Keith Plocek

Aug 26, 2022 12:23 PM

In 1986, Detroit Was the “Murder Capital” of the U.S. An NBA Star Had an Audacious Plan to Change That.

Josh Levin

Aug 18, 2022 5:55 AM

How Jewish Doctors Secretly Documented Starvation in the Warsaw Ghetto

Merry Fitzpatrick and Irwin Rosenberg

July 23, 2022 5:55 AM

He Was an All-Time Genius at Finding Tyrannosaurus Rexes. His Story Will Break Your Heart.

David K. Randall

July 04, 2022 9:00 AM

Are You an “Uncle Sam” or a “Lady Liberty”?

Elizabeth Stone

July 04, 2022 5:55 AM

How Exactly Does the Secret Service Feel About the Jan. 6 Bombshells? It Ain’t Good.

Aymann Ismail

June 30, 2022 5:56 PM

How Anti-Abortion Politics Swallowed Up the GOP

Mary Ziegler

June 23, 2022 5:45 AM